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| Full Title | Sinensis Imperii Libri Classici Sex, nimirum adultorum schola, immutabile medium, liber sententiarum, memcius, filialis observantia, parvulorum schola |
| Year | 1711 |
| Translator(s)/ Commentators(s) | Noël, François |
| Book Type | |
| Language(s) | Latin |
| Chinese Text | None |
| Place Of Preparation | Prague |
| Place Of Publication | Prague |
| Publisher's Imprint | Typis Universitatis Carolo-Ferdinandae, in Collegio So. Jesu ad S. Clementem, per Joachimim Joannem Kamenicky p.t. Factorem |
| Later Editions/ Reprints | Description [...] de l'empire de la Chine (1735) |
| Les Livres Classiques de l’Empire de la Chine, recueillis par le Pere F. Noel, précédés d’Observations sur l’origine, la nature & les effets de la philosophie morale & politique dans cet empire. | |
| Summary | This work contains a new Latin translation of the Four Books, including the first translation of the Mencius published in a Western language. It also contains the Classic of Filial Piety and Elementary Learning. It also includes translations of Zhu Xi’s prefaces to the Four Books . |
Sources
Bibliography
| Secondary Sources | Wong Ching Him, Felix (正) (2013): 耶士方的拉丁文《孟 子》翻 [On the Latin Translation of Mencius of Françcois Noel, SJ], Journal of Chinese Studies 《中文化研究所》, 57, 133-172. |
Liscak, Vladimr 2015. "Francois Noël (1651-1729) and his Latin translations of Confucian Classical books published in Prague in 1711", Anthropologia integra, vol.6, no. 2, pp. 45-52. | |
Luo Ying, “The Jesuits’ Latin Translations of the Zhongyong 中庸 During the 17th and 18th Centuries”. In Journal of Confucian Philosophy and Culture 26 (2016), p.1-24. | |
| Catalogues | 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: 169. Le P. Françcois Noël, 3. p. 417. |
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External Resources
| U R Ls | Google Books |
Liber I. Adultorum Schola seu Doctrina, sinicè Ta Hio
| Title | Liber I. Adultorum Schola seu Doctrina, sinicè Ta Hio |
| Start Page | 1 |
| End Page | 29 |
| Translation Of > | Great Learning (大学) |
| U R L | Google Books |
Liber II. Immutabile Medium, sinicè Chum Yum
| Title | Liber II. Immutabile Medium, sinicè Chum Yum |
| Start Page | 31 |
| End Page | 73 |
| Translation Of > | Doctrine of the Mean (中庸) |
| U R L | Google Books |
Liber III. Liber Sententiarum, sinicè Lun Yu
| Title | Liber III. Liber Sententiarum, sinicè Lun Yu |
| Start Page | 75 |
| End Page | 198 |
| Translation Of > | Analects (论语) |
| U R L | Google Books |
Liber IV. Memcius, sinicè Mem Tsu
| Title | Liber IV. Memcius, sinicè Mem Tsu |
| Start Page | 199 |
| End Page | 472 |
| Translation Of > | Mencius (孟子) |
| U R L | Google Books |
Liber V. Filialis Observantia, sinicè Hiao Kim
| Title | Liber V. Filialis Observantia, sinicè Hiao Kim |
| Start Page | 473 |
| End Page | 484 |
| Translation Of > | Classic of Filial Piety (孝经) |
| U R L | Google Books |
Liber VI. Parvulorum Schola seu Doctrina, sinicè Siao Hio
| Title | Liber VI. Parvulorum Schola seu Doctrina, sinicè Siao Hio |
| Start Page | 485 |
| End Page | 607 |
| Translation Of > | Elementary Learning (小学) |
| U R L | Google Books |
2 copies
Copy of Sinensis Imperii Libri Classici Sex, nimirum adultorum schola, immutabile medium, liber sententiarum, memcius, filialis observantia, parvulorum schola held in St. Petersburg Library
| Title | Copy of Sinensis Imperii Libri Classici Sex, nimirum adultorum schola, immutabile medium, liber sententiarum, memcius, filialis observantia, parvulorum schola held in St. Petersburg Library |
| Copy Type | Source Manuscript |
| Current Location | The National Library of Russia |
| Call Number | Analects: no. chinois 842. |
Copy of Sinensis Imperii Libri Classici Sex, nimirum adultorum schola, immutabile medium, liber sententiarum, memcius, filialis observantia, parvulorum schola held in Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albertina, Bruxelles
| Title | Copy of Sinensis Imperii Libri Classici Sex, nimirum adultorum schola, immutabile medium, liber sententiarum, memcius, filialis observantia, parvulorum schola held in Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albertina, Bruxelles |
| Copy Type | Source Manuscript |
| Current Location | Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albertina, Bruxelles |
| Call Number | Doctrine of the Mean: MS 19.930, Mencius: MS 19.931. |