Opusculum de Sectis Apud Sinenses Et Tunkinenses: A Small Treatise on the Sects Among the Chinese and Tonkinese

by Adriano Di St. Thecla and Father Adriano di St. Thecla

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 087727732X
• ISBN13: 9780877277323
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: Southeast Asia Program Publications
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.0" x 10.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher