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Paris: [Andreas Cramoisy] for Daniel Horthemels,, 1687. The peak of Jesuit Sinology in the seventeenth century" - the first European translation of Confucius First edition of the influential first European translation of three of the four canonical books of Confucianism - the Analects, Great Learning and Doctrine of the Mean, complete with Philippe Couplet's Tabula Chronologica Sinicae Monarchiae, listing Chinese kings from BCE 2952 to 1683 CE. The engraved portrait of Confucius was the first to be published in the West. "The Confucius Sinarum Philosophus was widely reviewed in Europe and today is recognized as one of the most influential texts in the Jesuit transmission of Chinese culture to Europe" (China on Paper, p. 173). The book opens with a dedication to Louis XIV, followed by the "Proemialis Declaratio" (Introductory Exposition), a lengthy discussion of Confucianism. Following the "Declaratio" is a portrait of Confucius and a biography based on the Kongzi shijia found in Sima Qian. The…
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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 Adjecta est Tabula Chronologica Sinicæ Monarchiæ ab Hufus exordio ad hec Usque Tempora.
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