Editorial Preface
When different cultures made contact, language was naturally the primary medium used in the exchange, therefore dictionaries or grammar books compiled by persons fluent in both languages
would serve as valuable materials to comprehend the history of interaction with a foreign culture. Ever since the Spaniards arrived in Manila in 1571 and got in touch with the Chinese, people
from both parties have been mutually learning the each other’s language and edit dictionaries and grammar books. The two parties carried different motives: the Minnan merchants, whom the
Spaniards called Sangleyes, were eager to conduct business with the barbaric Foranji; on the other hand, the Spanish wished to learn more about China and evangelize the Chinese. Such documents
were rich cultural assets for their historical and linguistic value.
Through acquiring image rights and making transcriptions, this Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series project seeks to publish precious extant Hokkien-Spanish dictionaries and grammar
books in the world. These documents included the Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum held in University of Santo Tomas of the Philippines; the Arte de la Lengua Chio Chiu held in University of
Barcelona; the Foranji Huaren Huabu and letters among the Philippine Chinese Manuscripts collected at the Herzog August Library in Germany, the Dictionarium Sino Hispanicum held in Angelica
Library in Rome, Italy; and the Bocabulario de lengua sangleya por las letras de el A.B.C. held in the British Library. By publishing these manuscripts, we hope to aid the academic effort of
reconstructing the history of Hokkien-Spanish bilateral interaction (and, in some cases, including the Filipinos as the third party) where the exchange of language and culture occurred.
Before this project, as scholars we did not share the same field of research, but with support from the Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation, we eventually stepped into this treasury together. We got
to meet diligent precursors and companions, and thanks to their generous advices our visions were broadened.
Therefore, regarding the publication of this document series, we must first thank the Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation and the Tsao Yung-ho Foundation of Culture and Education for being our major
and secondary sponsors, respectively. We are grateful that Dr. Shu-min Huang, Dr. Yi-Long Huang and Dr. Hsueh-chi Hsu were willing to write forewords of recommendation for the series. We must
also express our gratitude to the following persons for the guidance and help they offered: Dr. Kuo-hsing Hsieh, Dr. Ying-Chun Tsai, Ms. Tsui-yin Sung, Dr. Kuo-tung Chen, Dr. Kai Zhang, Dr.
Xiping Zhang, Dr. Guo-Ping Jin, Dr. Kai-Jian Tang, Dr. Keiichi Uchida, Dr. Chinfa Lien, Dr. Yueh-chin Chang, Dr. Henning Klöter. Dr. Luisa Shu-Ying Chang, Dr. Peter Kang, Dr. Hui-Ling Yang, Dr.
Manel Ollé, Dr. Honghôan Sia, Dr. Li-Mei Liu, Dr. Ying Cheng; friends including Dr. Neus Verger Arce, Dr. Marina Ruiz Fragas, Dr. Esther González Pérez, Dr. Wei Jiang, Dr. Ubaldo Iaccarino, Dr.
Montserrat Po-Jung Chen, Dr. Chiao-In Chen, Dr. Miguel A. del Rio, Dr. Kuo-Sheng Wu, and Dr. Hung-Yi Chien. They have contributed to this project in various ways, and without them the readers
might have to wait for five to ten more years, or even miss the opportunity to witness these valuable documents. As a result, if this series indeed benefited the advance of studies related to
Sinology or the history of Hokkien-Spanish exchange of language and culture, we ask the readers to honor these names.
Finally, we are especially grateful to National Tsing-Hua University and the Institute of History, Academia Sinica for providing us excellent research environments and financial support, so
that we could publish these precious documents.
Fabio Yuchung Lee, Tsung-jen Chen, Regalado T. José, José Caño Ortigosa
編者序
異文化的接觸，主要的媒介便是語言，因此由通曉雙方語言人士所編輯的詞典或文法書，便成為理解異文化過往交流歷史的重要史料。1571年自稱為「Castilla」（干系蠟）的西班牙人抵達馬尼拉後，與自稱為「唐人」的華人展開接觸，這些被西班牙人稱之為「Sangley」的閩南商人，為了能與被他們稱之為佛郎機的「化人」做生意，西班牙人則為了能瞭解中國以及向華人傳教，因此雙方開始學習與編寫對方語言的詞典或文法書，而後被保留下來，成為今日豐碩的歷史、語言文化資產。
此Hokkien Spanish Historical Document Series出版計畫，便是希望將現今世界上珍貴的閩南─西班牙語詞典文法手稿，用取得影像授權或是傳抄的方式，將它們出版。這些文獻分別為菲律賓聖多瑪斯大學《西班牙─華語辭典》 （Dictionario Hispánico-Sinicum），巴塞隆納大學的《漳州話語法》（Arte de la Lengua
Chio Chiu），德國沃爾芬比特爾（Wolfenbüttel）的奧斯特公爵圖書館（Herzog August Bibliothek）所藏《奧古斯特公爵圖書館菲律賓唐人手稿》（Philippine Chinese Manuscripts collected at the Herzog August
Library）中〈佛郎机化人話簿〉（含草稿）及書信，義大利羅馬安吉利卡圖書館（Bibioteca Angelica）所藏《漢文西班牙語辭典》（Dictionarium Sino Hispanicum），以及大英圖書館所藏《生理人話辭彙按ABC字母編排》（Bocabulario de lengua sangleya por las letras de el A. B.
C.）等等。希望這些手稿的出版，將有助於學術界重新建構三個多世紀以來，閩南人與西班牙人雙方面，甚至於與菲律賓人三方，在語言及文化上屬於常民的交流歷史。
說來慚愧，我們的研究領域，原本都不在歷史語言此一範疇內，但在蔣經國基金會的支持下，讓我們意外地踏入此一寶庫，同時也因而認識許多在此一領域已耕耘許久的前輩與學友。感謝他們不吝的賜正，讓我們能夠打開原本狹隘的研究視野。
因此，這套文獻的出版，首先要感謝蔣經國基金會提供主要的出版經費，以及曹永和基金會贊助部分費用。其次，還要感謝下列人士。除了為這套文獻叢書寫推薦序的黃樹民、黃一農及許雪姬老師外，還有謝國興、蔡英俊、連金發、宋翠英、陳國棟、張鍇、張西平、金國平、湯開建、內田慶市、張月琴、韓可龍、張淑英、康培德、楊慧玲、歐洋安、謝豐帆、劉莉美、鄭縈等教授，以及Neus Verger
Arce、Marina Ruiz Fragas、Esther González Pérez、蔣薇、Ubaldo Iaccarino、陳柏蓉、陳巧穎、Miguel A. del
Rio、吳國聖、簡宏逸等學友。他們給予我們的指導與幫助，雖然不盡相同，但沒有他們，讀者們肯定是見不到，或是得再延後五到十年才能見到這些珍貴的文獻。因此，如果這套書有助於漢學或閩南與西班牙語言及文化交流史研究的話，請讀者千萬要記得他們的名字。
最後，要特別感謝清華大學及中央研究院臺灣史研究所，給予我們良好的研究環境與經費，才能取得這些珍貴文獻的授權與出版。
李毓中、陳宗仁、Regalado T. José、José L. Caño Ortigosa
