Subject: Chinese classics--Early translations--Latin

Confucius Sinarum philosophus ... sive, Scientia Sinensis Latine exposita. Tabula chronologica Monarchiae sinicae
AuthorIntorcetta, Prospero 殷鐸澤, 1625-1696Herdtrich, Christian Wolfgang 恩理格, 1625-1684Couplet, Philippe 柏應理, 1623-1693Rougemont, François de 魯日滿, 1624-1676
PlaceParis
PublisherDanielem Horthemels
CollectionRouleau Archives
Edition
LanguageLatin
TypeBook, Digital Book (PDF)
Series
ShelfDigital Archives, Rare Book Folio
Call NumberPL2463.I68 1687
Description6 pts. in 1 vol. : port., map, tables ; 36 cm.
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Confucius Sinarum philosophus ... sive, Scientia Sinensis Latine exposita. Studio & opera Prosperi Intorcetta, Christiani Herdtrich, Francisci Rougemont, Philippi Couplet, patrum Societatis Jesu. Jussu Ludovici magni eximio missionum orientalium & litterariae reipublicae bono e Bibliotheca Regia in lucem prodit. Adjecta est tabula chronologica Sinicae monarchiae ab hujus exordio ad haec usque tempora."

First Western language translation of the Daxue 大學, the Zhongyong 中庸, and the Lunyu 論語.
Romanized Chinese titles at end of each book: (1) Tá hio. (2) Chum yum. (3) Lun yu.
With this is bound as issued: Couplet, P. Tabula chronologica Monarchiae sinicae juxta cyclos annorum LX. 1686.
Spine title hand lettered (on vellum): Confucius.

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See also Beyond Ricci.
Full bibliographical entry at Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database)

 

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LCCN49-1584
Jesuit reading of Confucius : the first complete translation of the Lunyu (1687) published in the West. [Confucius Sinarum Philosophus. Lunyu 論語. Latin. English & Chinese]
AuthorConfucius 孔子Meynard, Thierry 梅謙立
PlaceLeiden
PublisherBrill
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook, Digital Book (PDF)
SeriesJesuit studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 3.
ShelfHallway Cases, Digital Archives
Call NumberPL2477.M49 2015
Descriptionviii, 675 p. : ill. (some color) ; 24 cm.
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The Jesuit reading of Confucius : the first complete translation of the Lunyu (1687) published in the West / by Thierry Meynard, SJ.
Chinese text with the Latin translation of the Lunyu and its commentaries, and their rendition in modern English, with notes.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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."--OCLC record.

Table of contents -- Acknowledgments -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction
I. The Genesis of the Sinarum Philosophus and its Prototypes.
II. The Interweaving of Different Chinese Sources.
III. Editorial Choices in Translating the Lunyu.
IV. The Jesuit Reading of the Lunyu and the Image of Confucius.
V. The Life of Confucius and his Portrait.
VI. The Reception of the Lunyu through Two Derivative Works.
Conclusion: Classics in the Global Age.
Trilingual Edition of the Lunyu, with Notes.
The Life of Confucius, Father of Chinese Philosophy.
Appendix. Ming Edition of the Lunyu jizhu with References in the Sinarum Philosophus.
Vocabulary -- Bibliography -- Index.

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ISBN9789004289772 ; 9004289771
LCCN2015008867
Sinensis imperii libri classici sex : nimirum Adultorum schola, Immutabile medium, Liber sententiarum, Memcius, Filialis observantia, Parvulorum schola, e Sinico idiomate in Latinum traducti. [Sishu 四書. Mengzi 孟子. Xiaojing 孝經. Xiaoxue 小學. Latin]
AuthorNoël, François 衛方濟, 1651-1729
PlacePragae
PublisherJ. Kamenicky
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageLatin
TypeDigital Book (PDF)
Series
ShelfDigital Archives
Call NumberPL2489.6.L3 N64 1711d
Descriptiondig.pdf. [[28], 608, [2] p. ; 20 cm (4to)]
NoteSinensis imperii libri classici sex : nimirum Adultorum schola, Immutabile medium, Liber sententiarum, Memcius, Filialis observantia, Parvulorum schola, e Sinico idiomate in Latinum traducti / François Noël.
Sinensis imperii libri classici sex. Pragae : Typis Universitatis Carolo-Ferdinandeae, in Collegio Soc. Jesu ad S. Clementem, per Joachimum Joannem Kamenicky p.t. factorem, 1711.
"Parvulorum schola" is a translation of the Xiaoxue of Zhu Xi.
Errata leaf ([2] p.)--at end.
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"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.

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Undoing the binaries, rethinking encounter : translation works of seventeenth-century Jesuit missionaries in China
AuthorOdor, Erin M.
PlaceColumbus, OH
PublisherOhio State University
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis/Dissertation (PDF)
Series
ShelfDigital Archives
Call NumberPL2658.U637 O377 2006d
Descriptiondig.pdf. [70 leaves : ill. ; 29 cm.]
NoteUndoing the binaries, rethinking encounter : translation works of seventeenth-century jesuit missionaries in China / by Erin M. Odor.
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Document formatted into pages: contains 70 p.; also includes graphics.
Thesis (Honors)--Ohio State University, 2006.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-70).
Available online via Ohio State University's Knowledge Bank.
Abstract: The act of translation is not merely the practice of employing appropriate substitutes in another language for various words and phrases, but is rather a creative and interpretive negotiation of political, historical, and cultural difference. This paper examines two instances of Jesuit missionary translation work in seventeenth-century China: Matteo Ricci's "Tianzhu shiyi" (The True Meaning of the Lord of Heaven) (1603), a work written in Chinese for a Chinese audience, and the "Confucius Sinarum Philosophus" (1687), earliest published translation of three of the Confucian Four Books into Latin for a European audience. These two important works situate the missionaries between cultures - not as passive intermediaries, but as creators of a Christian-Confucian hybridity. More than locating points of equivalency of meaning, the Jesuit translators emphasized certain aspects of an older form of Confucianism that they saw as compatible with Christianity, and they reinterpreted both belief systems in ways that would appeal to each audience while avoiding the criticism of their European superiors as well as Chinese officials and supporters. By examining not only the effects of both source and target cultures on the creation of the "Tianzhu shiyi" and "Confucius Sinarum Philosophus," but also the influence of the two texts on their respective audiences, this project argues for a broader understanding of what constitutes translation and sheds light on this unique historical encounter between European Jesuits and Chinese elites.

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