The Jesuit reading of Confucius : the first complete translation of the Lunyu (1687) published in the West / by Thierry Meynard, SJ.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Confucius, author.

Meynard, Thierry, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Jesuit studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 3.

Jesuit studies : modernity through the prism of Jesuit history ; volume 3

Language:

Chinese

English

Latin

Subjects (All):

Jesuits--China--Intellectual life--17th century.

Jesuits.

Physical Description:

viii, 675 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2015]

Language Note:

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

Summary:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Contains:

Confucius. Lun yu.

Confucius. Lun yu. English

Confucius. Lun yu. Latin.

ISBN:

9004289771

9789004289772

OCLC:

900685675

Publisher Number:

99963967428