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Keywords: Actes 1-VIII Actes du Colloque international de Sinologie de Chantilly, 1974–1992 (Taipei – Paris – Hongkong 1976–1995)ADB Allgemeine Deutsche BiographieAFH Archivum Franciscanum HistoricumARSJ Archivum Romanum Societatis Jesu, Roma (JS = Japonica-Sinica)ASJP Archivum Societatis Jesu, ParisBAV Bibliotheca Apostolica Vaticana (Borg.lat. = Borgia latino)BL British LibraryBM Robert Streit – Johannes Dindinger, Bibliotheca Missionum I-VII (Münster – Freiburg 1916–1931)B.Nat. Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (Ms.fr. = Manuscrit français)BNC VE Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Vittorio Emanuele, Roma (FG = Fondo Gesuitico)Borg.lat. Borgia latino (cf. BAV)BSB Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, MünchenCMSB China Mission Studies (1550-1800) Bulletin I-X (1979-1988), later SWCRJDMB L.C. Goodrich – Chao-ying Fang (eds.), Dictionary of Ming Biography, 1368–1644, 2 vols (New York – London 1976)Eminent Chinese Arthur W. Hummel, Eminent Chinese of the Ch'ing Period (1644–1912), 2 vols.(Washington 1943–1944)JS Japonica-Sinica (cf. ARSJ)LBr Niedersächsische Landesbibliothek Hannover: Leibniz BriefwechselLThK Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche (3rd ed., Freiburg 1993ff.).M.E.P. Missions Étrangères de ParisMs.fr. Manuscrit français (cf. B.Nat.)MSMS Monumenta Serica Monograph SeriesNZM Neue Zeitschrift für MissionswissenschaftO.F.M. Ordo Fratrum Minorum (Franciscans)RHM Revue d'Histoire des MissionsS.J. Societas Jesu (Jesuits)SWCRJ Sino-Western Cultural Relations Journal 11ff. (1990ff.), formerly CMSBZMR Zeitschrift für Missionswissenschaft und Religionswissenschaft
Claudia von Collani (Sat,) studied this question.