Details

Subject(s)

• Jesuits—China—Intellectual life—17th century [Browse]

Author

• Meynard, Thierry [Browse]

Series

• Jesuit studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 3. [More in this series]
• Jesuit studies : modernity through the prism of Jesuit history ; volume 3

Contains

• Confucius. Lun yu. [Browse]
• Confucius. Lun yu. English. [Browse]
• Confucius. Lun yu. Latin. [Browse]

Summary note

The very name of Confucius is a constant reminder that the foremost sage in China was first known in the West through Latin works. The most influential of these was the 'Confucius Sinarum Philosophus' (Confucius, the Philosopher of China), published in Paris in 1687. For more than two hundred years, Western intellectuals like Leibniz and Voltaire read and meditated on the sayings of Confucius from this Latin version.0Thierry Meynard examines the intellectual background of the Jesuits in China and their thought processes in coming to understand the Confucian tradition. He presents a trilingual edition of the Lunyu, including the Chinese text, the Latin translation of the 'Lunyu' and its commentaries, and their rendition in modern English, with notes.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 635-640), appendix, vocabulary, and index.

Language note

Chinese text with the Latin translation of the Lunyu and its commentaries, and their rendition in modern English, with notes.

ISBN

• 9789004289772 ((hardback ; : acid-free paper))
• 9004289771 ((hardback ; : acid-free paper))

LCCN

2015008867

OCLC

900685675

International Article Number

• 9789004289772

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