Philosophia sinica tribus tractatibus

Bibliographic Data

Full TitlePhilosophia sinica tribus tractatibus, primo cognitionem primi Entis, secundo ceremonias erga defunctos, tertio ethicam, juxta Sinarum mentem complectens
Year1711
Translator(s)/ Commentators(s)Noël, François
Book TypePrint
Language(s)Latin
Chinese TextNone
Place Of PublicationPrague
Publisher's ImprintTypis Universit: Carolo-Fernandeae, in Collegio Soc. Jesu ad S. Clementem, per Joachimum Joannem Kamenicky Factorem
SummaryThis 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

Classical Source(s)Analects (论语)
Elementary Learning (小学)
Mencius (孟子)
Classic of Filial Piety (孝经)
Erya (尔雅)
Rites of Zhou (周礼)
Book of Changes (易经)
Classic of Poetry (诗经)
Book of Documents (书经)
Book of Rites (礼记)
Spring and Autumn Annals (春秋)

Copies

Later EditionsFrom Confucius to Zhu Xi