| Full Title | Confucius Sinarum Philosophus, sive Scientia Sinensis latine exposita studio et opera Prosperi Intorcetta, Christiani Hedtrich, Francisci Rougemont, Philippi Couplet |
| Year | 1687 |
| Translator(s)/ Commentators(s) | Intorcetta, Prospero |
| Herdtricht, Christian Wolfgang |
| Rougemont, François de |
| Couplet, Philippe |
| Book Type | Print |
| Language(s) | Latin |
| Chinese Text | None |
| Place Of Publication | Paris |
| Publisher's Imprint | Parisiis, Apud Danielem Horthemels, via Jacobaea sub Maecenate. M. DC. LXXXVII. Cum privilegio Regis. |
| Summary | 412 pages plus illustrations, including the translation in Latin of three of the 4 Books (Great Learning, Mean, Analects) produced by Prospero Intorcetta and other missionaries, with the Proemialis Declaratio of Intorcetta expanded by Couplet (pp. ix-cxxiv), and also the Vita Confucii of Da Costa and Intorcetta (pp. cxvii-cxxiv), as well as other documents:
-Tabula Chronologica Monarchiae Sinicae (pp. I (restart)- 20)
-Tabula Chronologica Trium Familiarum Imperialium Monarchiae Sinicae (pp. 1 (restart) -8)
-Tabula Chronologica Monarchiae Sinicae Juxta ciclos annorum LX (pp. 21-104)
-Imperii sinarum et rerum in eo notabilium. Synopsis. (pp. 105-109).
The original manuscript with notes by Couplet is preserved by the BNF, MS Latin 6277, with the title Scientiae Sinicae libri tres. |
