Bonzee was a name referring to Chinese Buddhist used by Jesuit missionaries in 18th Century. And so a Bonzary was a Buddhist convents or temple of Bonzee.
A Chinese Bonzee often seen begging alms in the street with their bowls, a wooden bell which he would beat now and then to announce his approaching or attraction attention of the donor. A begging Bonzee normally kept silent and very solemn.
Buddha was said to go out begging only in the morning and never beg and eat after noon.
Jesuits believed that it was necessary to become all things to all men, in order to gain over men to Christ,[1] so they in India became a Braman; in Siam a Talapoin; in China either a Bonzee, or a Confucian and philosopher; in Africa they appeared as Marabou. [2]
Some times they appeared before Chinese as a Bonzee or a Confucianist.
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[1]A Description Of The Solemnities Observed At Pe-king, When The Emperor's Mother Entered On The Sixtieth Year Of Her Age. Miscellaneous pieces relating to the Chinese. Vol. II)
[2]Authentic Memoirs of the Christian Church in China: from the German of J. L. de Mshem. Miscellaneous pieces relating to the Chinese. Vol. II)
A Chinese Bonzee often seen begging alms in the street with their bowls, a wooden bell which he would beat now and then to announce his approaching or attraction attention of the donor. A begging Bonzee normally kept silent and very solemn.
Buddha was said to go out begging only in the morning and never beg and eat after noon.
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| A Bonzee beggin |
Jesuits believed that it was necessary to become all things to all men, in order to gain over men to Christ,[1] so they in India became a Braman; in Siam a Talapoin; in China either a Bonzee, or a Confucian and philosopher; in Africa they appeared as Marabou. [2]
Some times they appeared before Chinese as a Bonzee or a Confucianist.
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[1]A Description Of The Solemnities Observed At Pe-king, When The Emperor's Mother Entered On The Sixtieth Year Of Her Age. Miscellaneous pieces relating to the Chinese. Vol. II)
[2]Authentic Memoirs of the Christian Church in China: from the German of J. L. de Mshem. Miscellaneous pieces relating to the Chinese. Vol. II)
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