English Dictionary

figurism

名詞

歴史的 不可算名詞

(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.

日本語の意味

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

At the end of the 17th and the beginning of the 18th century, some Jesuit missionaries embraced figurism, interpreting the I Ching as a repository of Christian prophecy and prioritizing work with the Qing emperor over engagement with the Chinese literati.

17世紀末から18世紀初頭にかけて、イエズス会の一部の宣教師たちは、易経をキリスト教の予言や秘義を含む書と解釈し、文人層ではなく清朝の皇帝と協力することを優先する寓意主義的な運動を受け入れた。

意味（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.