Printing and Publishing Chinese Religion and Philosophy in the Dutch Republic, 1595-1700 : The Chinese Imprint / Trude Dijkstra.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dijkstra, Trude, author.

Series:

Library of the written word ; Volume 101.

Library of the Written Word Series ; Volume 101

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Publishers and publishing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 314 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Brill 2022

Leiden : Brill, [2021]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book sheds new light on the cultural encounter between China and Europe, by discussing how Chinese religion and philosophy were represented in Dutch printed works between 1595-1700.; Readership: All interested in early modern encounters between Asia and Europe, and anyone concerned with printing and publishing in the seventeenth-century Dutch Republic.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

Figures

Colour Illustrations

Introduction

Chapter 1 China's Religion and Philosophy in Dutch-Made Books, 1595-1687

1 Early Contacts between China and the Dutch Republic

2 The Devil in Calicut

3 Jesuits and Calvinists on Chinese Religion and Philosophy

Chapter 2 The Dutch Commodification of Confucius

1 Popular Works on China

2 Jacob van Meurs

3 Compilations of All Things China

Chapter 3 The Vernacular and Latin Translations of Confucius

1 Athanasius Kircher

2 The First Latin Translations of Confucius

3 The 1675 Dutch Edition of Confucius

4 The 1687 Jesuit Edition of Confucius in Latin

5 Translating Confucius Sinarum Philosophus

Chapter 4 Confucius in Dutch-Made Learned Journals

1 The Learned Journal in the European World of Print

2 The Erudite Press and China before 1687

3 The Antiquity of China

4 Critiquing Confucius

Chapter 5 China and the Chinese Rites Controversy in Dutch Newspapers

1 Publishing News in the Dutch Republic

2 News from China

3 Reports on China in Dutch-Made Newspapers

4 The Middle Kingdom in French-Language Newspapers

5 The Chinese Rites Controversy in the Public Eye

Epilogue

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-47329-7