Title

Why Many Eminent Southern Ming Courtiers were Often Mistaken for Christian?

Author

Yi-long Huang

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History of Christianity, History of Southern Ming, Qu Shisi, Jin Sheng

Abstract

      Qu Shisi, Jin Sheng and several other eminent late Ming or Southern Ming intellectuals are thought to be Christian converts by modern historians. However, this study probes that most of them are in fact believers of Buddhism. A discussion on the relationship of Qu, Jin and their colleagues with Christian fellows is made in order to obtain a general picture of the attitude of intellectuals toward Christianity at the time. The author also tries to reevaluate the research method used in the previous studies of the history of the Catholic missions in China.