Bibliographic Data
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| Full Title | Sapientia Sinica |
| Year | 1662 |
| Translator(s)/ Commentators(s) | Intorcetta, Prospero |
| Costa, Inacio da | |
| Couplet, Philippe | |
| Herdtricht, Christian Wolfgang | |
| Rougemont, François de | |
| Canevari, Pietro | |
| Gouvea, António de | |
| Brancati, Francesco | |
| Contributors | Brancati, Francesco |
| Canevari, Pietro | |
| Gouvea, António de | |
| Rougemont, François de | |
| Herdtricht, Christian Wolfgang | |
| Couplet, Philippe | |
| Costa, Inacio da | |
| Book Type | Woodblock print |
| Language(s) | Latin |
| Chinese Text | Characters and transliteration |
| Place Of Preparation | Jianchang |
| Later Editions/ Reprints | Paolo Boeonio-Brocchieri, “Sapientia Sinica”, in Confucio e il Cristianesimo, 2 vols (Turin: Tipografia Vincenzo Bona, 1972–1973), 1:1–49. |
| Summary | Sapientia Sinica contains a biography of Confucius, a translation of the Great Learning, and a translation of the first ten chapters of the Analects. It was revised by Pietro Canevari, António de Gouvea, and Francesco Brancati, with an imprimatur from Jaques Le Faure. |
Sources
| Classical Source(s) | Great Learning (大学) |
| Analects (论语) |
Copies
| Location | located @ Biblioteca Centrale della Regione siciliana. Call number: RARI 1007 |
| located @ Biblioteca Trivulziana. Call number: Coll. Triv. B. 752/9 | |
| located @ Biblioteca Comunale di Palermo. Call number: XVI H 47 | |
| located @ Biblioteèque Nationale de France. Call number: Chinois 9335-9336; Anc. N.F. chinois 505 [incomplete, 大学only] | |
| located @ New York Public Library. Call number: Rare Book Division *KB+1662 | |
| located @ British Library. Call number: C.24.b.2 | |
| located @ Bibliotheca Zi-Ka-Wei (Shanghai Library). Call number: M. 42-008855 | |
| located @ Archivum Romanun Societatis Iesu (ARSI). Call number: Jap. Sin. III, 3 | |
| located @ Archivum Romanun Societatis Iesu (ARSI). Call number: Jap. Sin. III, 3a | |
| located @ Biblioteèque Nationale de France. Call number: Chinois, 9337 | |
| located @ Biblioteca Universitaria di Genova. Call number: RARI, I.VII.3 |
Bibliography
| Secondary Sources | Benedetti, Stefano, “Sapientia sinica (1662): sulla prima traduzione a stampa dei Dialoghi confuciani ad opera di Prospero Intorcetta", in Atti e memorie dell'Arcadia, 3, pp. 167-208, 2014. |
| Catalogues | In Chan, Albert (2002). Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome: A Descriptive Catalogue: Japonica-Sinica I-IV, New York: M.E. Sharpe: ARSI Jap.Sin III, 3: p. 474; ARSI Jap.Sin III, 3a: p. 477. |
In Cordier, Henri (1901). L'imprimerie sino-européenne en Chine. Bibliographie des ouvrages publiés en Chine par les Européens au XVIIe et au XVIII siècle. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, Ernest Leroux editeur: 85-5. 134-2 | |
In Pfister, Louis (1932-1934). Notices biographiques et bibliographiques sur les Jésuites de l'ancienne Mission de Chine: 1552-1773, Imprimerie de la mission Catholique, Shanghai: 75. “Traduction latine du Ta-hio 大学. C'est, dit Remusat, le premier travail européen imprimerie sur les 4 livres classiques chinois: il l'a ètè en 1662 avec le texte chinois, a Kien-tch'ang fou 建昌府, au Kiang-si, par le P. Intorcetta. Ce livre est extremement rare" p. 220. | |
In Bernard, Henri (1945), "Les adaptations chinoises d'ouvrages Européens: Bibliographie chronologique depuis la venue des portugais à Canton jusqu'à la mission française de Pékin 1514-1688", in Monumenta Serica, 10:1-57 and 10:309-388: 397. 1662, Da Costa, “Ta hio 大学 avec traduction latine en caractères européens". Pr. Andre Ferran Foutcheou 25. X. 1660. |
External Resources
| Digitisations | 📄 View PDF |
| U R Ls | Biblioteca Regionale - Palermo |
Lib. Lún Yú
| Title | Lib. Lún Yú |
| Translation Of > | Analects (论语) |
Lib. Tá Hiŏ
| Title | Lib. Tá Hiŏ |
| Start Page | 1 |
| End Page | 4 |
| Translation Of > | Great Learning (大学) |