Bibliographic Data
| Year | 1735 |
| Translator(s)/Commentators(s) | Du Halde |
| Place of translation | Paris -- Administrative.City |
| Language(s) | French (FR, FRE) |
| Book Type | |
| Place of First Publication | Paris -- Administrative.City |
| Publisher's Imprint | chez P. G. LEMERCIER, Imprimeur-libraire, rue Saint- Jacques, au livre d’Or |
| Chinese text | None |
Sources
| Classical Source(s) | Doctrine of the Mean (中庸) |
| Great Learning (大学) | |
| Analects (论语) | |
| Mencius (孟子) | |
| Classic of Poetry (诗经) | |
| Book of Rites (礼经) | |
| Book of Documents (书经) | |
| Book of Changes (易经) | |
| Spring and Autumn Annals (春秋) | |
| Intermediate Source | Noël: Sinensis Imperii Libri Classici Sex, nimirum adultorum schola, immutabile medium, liber sententiarum, memcius, filialis observantia, parvulorum schola 1711, - @ Prague [ Latin ] |
Contents
| Summary | 2nd volume, with summaries and extracts of the Five Classics and the Four Books, based almost exclusively on Noël, with a general introduction "De la Litterature Chinoise (pp. 284-286)" and a life of Confucius “Vie de Cong fou tsee ou Confucius" (pp. 319-324). It is divided in two parts: Des King Chinois, ou des Livres Canoniques du premier Ordre (pp. 286-287). Des Livre Classiques ou Canoniques du second Ordre (pp. 319-384). |
History
| Later Editions | Du Halde, J. B., Description Geographique, Historique, Chronologique, Politique, et Physique de L’Empire de La Chine et de La Tartarie Chinoise, Hague: Henri Scheurleer, 1736. |
Bibliography
| Bibliography | 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. Francois Noel, 3. p. 417. "Bien auparavant, du Halde (Description, t. II, p. 38g) en avait donne l'analyse et des extraits." |
External Resources
| URLs | https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k56991284.texteImage |
| https://www.chineancienne.fr/17e-18e-s/du-halde-description-de-la-chine/ |
1735 Translation of Analects (论语) (Chapter)
| Title of section | Lun Yu, ou livre des sentences (summary) |
| Start page | 329 |
| End page | 334 |
| Translation of > | Analects (论语) (Chapter) |
1735 Translation of Book of Changes (易经) (Chapter)
| Title of section | Ly King (Summary, tables of hexagrams) |
| Start page | 288 |
| End page | 294 |
| Translation of > | Book of Changes (易经) (Chapter) |
1735 Translation of Book of Documents (书经) (Chapter)
| Title of section | Le Chu King (Summary and extracts) |
| Start page | 295 |
| End page | 307 |
| Translation of > | Book of Documents (书经) (Chapter) |
1735 Translation of Book of Rites (礼经) (Chapter)
| Title of section | Le Liki (summary) |
| Start page | 318 |
| End page | 319 |
| Translation of > | Book of Rites (礼经) (Chapter) |
1735 Translation of Classic of Filial Piety (孝经) (Chapter)
| Title of section | Hiao King, ou du respect filial (summary) |
| Start page | 363 |
| End page | 365 |
| Translation of > | Classic of Filial Piety (孝经) (Chapter) |
1735 Translation of Classic of Poetry (诗经) (Chapter)
| Title of section | Le Chi King (Summary and extracts) |
| Start page | 308 |
| End page | 317 |
| Translation of > | Classic of Poetry (诗经) (Chapter) |
1735 Translation of Doctrine of the Mean (中庸) (Chapter)
| Title of section | Tchong yong, ou le milieu immutable (summary) |
| Start page | 327 |
| End page | 329 |
| Translation of > | Doctrine of the Mean (中庸) (Chapter) |
1735 Translation of Elementary Learning (小學) (Chapter)
| Title of section | Siao Hio, ou l’école des enfans (summary and extracts) |
| Start page | 365 |
| End page | 384 |
| Translation of > | Elementary Learning (小学) (Chapter) |
1735 Translation of Great Learning (大学) (Chapter)
| Title of section | Le Ta Hiao, ou l’ecole des adultes (summary) |
| Start page | 325 |
| End page | 326 |
| Translation of > | Great Learning (大学) (Chapter) |
1735 Translation of Mencius (孟子) (Chapter)
| Title of section | Meng Tsee, ou le livre de Mencius (summary) |
| Start page | 334 |
| End page | 363 |
| Translation of > | Mencius (孟子) (Chapter) |
1735 Translation of Spring and Autumn Annals (春秋) (Chapter)
| Title of section | Le Tchun Tsiu |
| Start page | 317 |
| End page | 318 |
| Translation of > | Spring and Autumn Annals (春秋) (Chapter) |