Source Word
figurism
Noun
historical
uncountable
(Christianity,
historical)
An
intellectual
movement
of
Jesuit
missionaries
at
the
end
of
the
17th
and
the
beginning
of
the
18th
century,
whose
participants
viewed
the
I
Ching
as
a
prophetic
book
containing
the
mysteries
of
Christianity,
and
prioritized
working
with
the
Qing
Emperor
(rather
than
with
the
Chinese
literati)
as
a
way
of
promoting
Christianity
in
China.
Japanese Meaning
17世紀末から18世紀初頭にかけて、イエズス会宣教師たちが、易経をキリスト教に関する神秘が記された預言書として捉え、清朝皇帝との協力を通して中国におけるキリスト教の普及を目指した知的運動
Sense（1）
(Christianity,
historical)
An
intellectual
movement
of
Jesuit
missionaries
at
the
end
of
the
17th
and
the
beginning
of
the
18th
century,
whose
participants
viewed
the
I
Ching
as
a
prophetic
book
containing
the
mysteries
of
Christianity,
and
prioritized
working
with
the
Qing
Emperor
(rather
than
with
the
Chinese
literati)
as
a
way
of
promoting
Christianity
in
China.
