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.

Contributor:

Meynard, Thierry.

Series:

Jesuit Studies 3.

Jesuit studies ; v. 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Jesuits.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (685 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden : BRILL, [2015]

Language Note:

English

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. Thierry 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.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Thierry Meynard, SJ

Introduction / Thierry Meynard, SJ

Concerning this Edition / Thierry Meynard, SJ

Trilingual Edition of the Lunyu, with Notes / Thierry Meynard, SJ

The Life of Confucius, Father of Chinese Philosophy / Thierry Meynard, SJ

Appendix. Ming Edition of the Lunyu jizhu with References in the Sinarum Philosophus / Thierry Meynard, SJ

Vocabulary / Thierry Meynard, SJ

Bibliography / Thierry Meynard, SJ

Index / Thierry Meynard, SJ.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

Confucius. Lun yu.

Confucius. Lun yu. English

Confucius. Lun yu. Latin.

OCLC:

908514439

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004289789 DOI