"A Model for All Christian Women": Candida Xu, a Chinese Christian Woman of the Seventeenth Century

by Gail King

This biography of Candida Xu (1607-1680), granddaughter of the prominent Chinese Christian convert and statesman Xu Guangqi (1562-1633) and foremost Chinese Christian woman of the seventeenth century, is based on the biography of Candida Xu titled Histoire d'une dame chr tienne de la Chine (Paris, 1688) written by her confessor Philippe Couplet, S.J. (1623-1693), an obituary of his mother and other writings by her eldest son, and the Xu family history...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367682923
• ISBN13: 9780367682927
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.8" x 9.7"