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Father Adriano di St. Thecla
Opusculum de Sectis apud Sinenses et Tunkinenses [PDF ebook]
A Small Treatise on the Sects among the Chinese and Tonkinese

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This 1750 text, written by a Catholic missionary in Tonkin, is the earliest known systematic first-hand account of Vietnamese religious practice, including chapters on Confucianism, Buddhism, the worship of spirits, magicians, fortune tellers and diviners, and Christianity in the region. It was recently discovered in a Paris archive and will be of interest to a broad array of scholars. Includes a facsimile of the original manuscript.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 239 ● ISBN 9781501719073 ● File size 44.0 MB ● Translator Olga Dror & Mariya Berezovska ● Publisher Cornell University Press ● City Ithaca ● Country US ● Published 2018 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 6368785 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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