Confucius, Philosopher of the Chinese, or, Chinese Knowledge Explained in Latin (1687), produced by a team of Jesuits led by Philippe Couplet.
Bai Yingli
Traditional Chinese
柏應理
Simplified Chinese
柏应理
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Bǎi Yìnglǐ
Wade–Giles
Pai Ying-li
PhilippeCouplet, SJ (1623–1693), known in China as Bai Yingli, was a Flemish Jesuit missionary to the Qing Empire. He worked with his fellow missionaries to compile the influential Confucius, Philosopher of the Chinese, published in Paris in 1687. As his works were in Latin, he is also sometimes known as Philippus Couplet.
PhilippeCouplet, SJ (1623–1693), known in China as Bai Yingli, was a Flemish Jesuit missionary to the Qing Empire. He worked with his fellow missionaries...
Jesuits such as Michele Ruggieri, Matteo Ricci, Diego de Pantoja, PhilippeCouplet, Michal Boym, and François Noël refined translations and disseminated...
science and culture. Ricci and others including Michele Ruggieri, PhilippeCouplet, and François Noël undertook a century-long effort in translating the...
Nicolas Trigault's work On the Christian Expedition... (Augsburg, 1615), PhilippeCouplet and others' Confucius, Philosopher of the Chinese (Paris, 1687), François...
thoughts of Confucius, and a team of Jesuits—Prospero Intorcetta, PhilippeCouplet, and two others—published a translation of several Confucian works...
astronomy and astrology. Ricci and others including Michele Ruggieri, PhilippeCouplet, and François Noël undertook a century-long effort in translating the...
classics by several generations of Jesuits culminated with Fathers PhilippeCouplet, Prospero Intorcetta, Christian Herdtrich, and François de Rougemont...
China, 1579–1724. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-02881-4. Buc, Philippe (2001). The Dangers of Ritual. Between Early Medieval Texts and Social...
culminated with the publications of Confucius Sinarum Philosophus by PhilippeCouplet (Paris, 1687). After the fall of the Ming Dynasty (fall of Beijing...
of Chinese books. Shen left China in 1681 with PhilippeCouplet SJ for a tour of Europe, where Couplet planned to promote the Jesuit's China Mission and...
Belgian Jesuit Father PhilippeCouplet. Shen helped to translate Chinese works at the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford. He and Couplet left in 1688. The...
of Christianity in Jiangnan during the early Qing era. The Jesuit PhilippeCouplet, who worked closely with her, composed her biography in Latin. This...
Armerina, Sicily, on August 28, 1625. Traveling with the Flemish Jesuit PhilippeCouplet, he reached China in 1659. There, he mostly worked in the Jiangnan...
by many. Her story gained currency in Europe through a biography by PhilippeCouplet, her confessor. So, Francis K.H.; Leung, Beatrice K.F.; Mylod, Ellen...
peer accused of treason and cleared of charges (b. 1640) May 16 – PhilippeCouplet, Flemish Jesuit missionary (b. 1623) May 18 – Giacomo Altoviti, Italian...
PEE-ay-YAY-zu; original Latin: "Pie Iesu" /ˈpi.e ˈje.su/) is a text from the final couplet of the hymn "Dies irae", and is often included in musical settings of the...
peer accused of treason and cleared of charges (b. 1640) May 16 – PhilippeCouplet, Flemish Jesuit missionary (b. 1623) May 18 – Giacomo Altoviti, Italian...
knowledge of the Chinese language and literature. He collaborated with PhilippeCouplet, Prospero Intorcetta, and François de Rougemont in compiling Confucius...
femme dans la mission catholique au dix-septième siècle au Jiangnan: PhilippeCouplet et sa biographie de Candida Xu (1607–1680)» i Verbiest Courrier 10...
the reign of Fuxi (which, according to Martini, began in 2952 BCE). PhilippeCouplet's 1686 Chronological table of Chinese monarchs (Tabula chronologica...
calendar with the reign of Fuxi, which he claimed started in 2952 BCE. PhilippeCouplet's (1623–1693) "Chronological table of Chinese monarchs" (Tabula chronologica...
called "episodes", but also occasionally referred to as "digressions" or "couplets". Some possible patterns include: ABACA, ABACAB, ABACBA, or ABACABA. The...
administrations of the sacraments; this faculty was never used. Father PhilippeCouplet in 1681 tried to obtain a renewal of it from Rome, but was not successful...
Philippe François Pinel, known as Dumanoir (31 July 1806 – 16 November 1865), was a French playwright and librettist. Dumanoir was born in Capesterre-Belle-Eau...
hexasyllabic couplets, and takes the form of a debate between the two things mentioned in its title. Sometimes Philippe de Thaun, Philippe de Thaon Philip...
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