Aristotelian Works in Seventeenth-century China: An Updated Survey and New Analysis. Issue 1 (2nd January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Meynard, Thierry
• Is Part Of: Monumenta serica. Volume 65:Issue 1(2017)
• Page Start: 61
• Page End: 85
• Publication Date: 2017-01-02
• Subjects: Aristotle -- Aristotelianism -- Jesuit Missions to China -- Verbiest -- episteme; 亞里士多德 -- 亞里士多德主義 -- 南懷仁 -- 在華耶穌會士 -- 知識體系; Asia -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 915.1
• DOI: 10.1080/02549948.2017.1309107
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0254-9948

Abstract

Abstract : Between 1623 and 1640, Jesuits in China published nine Aristotelian works in the domains of logics, natural philosophy and ethics. Some forty years later, under the Qing dynasty, Ferdinand Verbiest integrated those previous works into a unified and comprehensive philosophical handbook, which he presented to the Kangxi emperor. We shall present here the philosophical background of this translation project, analyze the main features of those Aristotelian works and reflect on their degree of compatibility with Chinese culture.