Bibliographic Data
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| Full Title | Philosophia sinica tribus tractatibus, primo cognitionem primi Entis, secundo ceremonias erga defunctos, tertio ethicam, juxta Sinarum mentem complectens |
| Year | 1711 |
| Translator(s)/ Commentators(s) | Noël, François |
| Book Type | |
| Language(s) | Latin |
| Chinese Text | None |
| Place Of Publication | Prague |
| Publisher's Imprint | Typis Universit: Carolo-Fernandeae, in Collegio Soc. Jesu ad S. Clementem, per Joachimum Joannem Kamenicky Factorem |
| Later Editions/ Reprints | From Confucius to Zhu Xi |
| Summary | This work, divided into three treatises, is properly not a translation of a classic but an anthology of Chinese classical passages and their neo-Confucian commentaries ordered to explain Chinese metaphysics (Treatise 1), ritual (Treatise 2) and ethics (Treatise 3) as compatible with Christian doctrine. |
Sources
Bibliography
| Secondary Sources | von Collani 2015. "François Noël and his Treatise on God in China". In History of the Catholic Church in China : from its beginning to the Scheut Fathers and 20th century. Unveiling some less known sources, sounds and pictures, Ferdinand Verbiest Instituut KU Leuven, pp. 23-64 |
Thierry Meynard, "François Noël’s Contribution to the Western Understanding of Chinese Thought: Taiji sive natura in the Philosophia sinica (1711)". Dao (2018) 17:219–230 | |
| Catalogues | CCT Database |
External Resources
| U R Ls | BnF Gallica |
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