Abstract
The first translation of Confucius’s Analects into a European language was a Dutch book by Pieter van Hoorn. Printed in Batavia in 1675, it predated the better-known Latin translation, Confucius Sinarum Philosophus (1687). Whereas the introduction of Confucius in the West has often been regarded as a project of the Jesuit mission, an exploration of the Netherlandish situation points out that the ‘manufacturing’ of Confucianism was a variegated and multi-confessional affair. The process of transmitting, translating, publishing, explaining, and judging Confucius presented a challenge to Europeans from different backgrounds and allegiances, integrating not only Latin and vernacular scholarship but also Asian expertise.
Keywords: Confucius, Pieter van Hoorn, Philippe Couplet, Jesuits, VOC/East India Company, philosophy

Local access dig.pdf. [Constructing Confucius Low Countries.pdf].
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Fen shu 焚書 : [6卷] / Li Zhi zhu 李贄著.

"Kongcongzi (孔叢子; K'ung-ts'ung-tzu: "The Kong Family Master's Anthology"), which contains fabrications that its first editor Wang Su (王肅, 195-256 CE) added to win his arguments with Zheng Xuan." Cf. this site for text.

"In his Sinensis lmperii Libri Classici Sex (Prague, 1711), François Noël (1651-1729) offered a new translation of the works in Confucius Sinarum Philosophus and added the last of the "Four Books", the "Mencius", as well as the "Classic of Filial Piety" (Xiaojing 孝經) and Zhu Xi's "Elementary Learning" (Xiaoxue 小學). Still, Noel's work contains only few commentaries and interpretations of the Chinese texts, and it was less known than Confucius Sinarum Philosophus." -- Cf. Standaert, Handbook of Christianity in China, vol. 1, p.896.

See also Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database) for bio-bibliographical information and links to full texts.