Fr. Joaquim Angélico de Jesus Guerra S.J. (Chinese name: Ge Zhendong), a Portuguese missionary in China, was the most prolific Sinologist in the Lusophone world. Over a period of nine years (1979–1988), he published his translations and commentaries on the Wujing (Five Classics) and the Sishu (Four Books), plus the Xiaojing (Classic of Filial Piety) and the Daodejing. Much more astonishing than his monumental Sinological work is the peculiar silence academia devoted to his achievements. One of Guerra’s remarkable features, which is a possible reason for such silence, is his alleged “figurist” attitude towards the Chinese Classics. This article discusses Guerra’s figurism and his theological background, briefly compares it with the original Figurism and theology of Joachim Bouvet and Joseph de Prémare, and finally expounds on sections of the Shijing (Book of Songs), the Shangshu (Book of Historical Documents), and the Daodejing that were interpreted typologically by the French Figurists in their commentaries on the Chinese Classics. The aim is to analyze Guerra’s interpretation of these texts and determine if typological readings of figurist type can be found in his Portuguese translations and commentaries on the Chinese Classics.