Couplet, Philippe

Family NameCouplet
Given Name(s)Philippe
Chinese Name ( Pinyin)Bo Yingli
Chinese Name ( Simplified)柏应理
Chinese Name ( Traditional)柏應理
Religious AffiliationCatholic - Jesuit
Date Of Birth31 May 1623
Date Of Death16 May 1693
Language(s)Chinese (ZH, CHI)
Latin
French (FR, FRE)
BiographyPhilippe Couplet (1623–1693) was a Flemish Jesuit missionary to China. Born in Mechelen, he entered the Society of Jesus and sailed for China in 1656. He conducted evangelical work for over two decades across several provinces, notably Jiangnan. Elected procurator of the vice-province in 1680, he travelled to Rome as a delegate to advocate for the mission. After a decade in Europe, he embarked for China again in 1692 but died en route near Goa.
Bibliography

Joseph Dehergne, Répertoire des Jésuites de Chine de 1552 à 1800 (Rome: Institutum Historicum S.I., 1973), p. 221

Louis Pfister, , Notices biographiques et bibliographiques sur les Jésuites de l'ancienne Mission de Chine: 1552-1773, 2 vols. (Shanghai: Imprimerie de la mission Catholique, 1932-1934), vol. 1, pp. 307-313

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Linked FromSapientia Sinica
Confucius Sinarum Philosophus (1687)
Scientiae Sinicae libri tres
Confucius Sinarum Philosophus (2011)
The Jesuit Reading of Confucius