"Sinensis Imperii Libri Classici Sex": An Early Masterwork of Sinology as a source of the German Enlightenment?

《Sinensis Imperii Libri Classici Sex》：作为德国启蒙运动源泉的汉学早期杰作？

• 批准号: 254950666
• 负责人: Dr. Henrik Jaeger
• 金额: --
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2013-12-31 至 2017-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/254950666?language=en
• 关键词: Sinensis; Imperii; Libri; Classici; Sex

The Jesuit Father François Noël (1651 - 1729) published in 1711 in Prague the first complete translation of the Four Books in his Sinensis Imperii libri Classici, a work that included also the Confucian classics Xiaoxue and the Xiaojing. In the same year, he edited also a voluminous description of Chinese Philosophy (Philosophia Sinica tribus tractatibus), the most comprehensive and exhaustive work on this topic ever written by a European by the early 18th century. Even in the light of modern sinological scholarship Noëls achievements do represent an astonishing level of understanding of the Confucian tradition.In 1712, soon after the publication of the Sinensis Imperii libri Classici sex this book was reviewed by Christian Wolff (1679 - 1754), the most prominent and influential philosopher of the early enlightenment in Germany. Wolff seems to have studied this work in the following years intensively: In his Speech on the Practical Philosophy of the Chinese held in 1721 in Halle, he cites the Libri Classici as the source of his insights into Chinese Philosophy and expresses his admiration for Noël as interpreter of the Confucian tradition. This speech was called the Starting point of the Enlightenment (Hinske), because it was the beginning of a great scandal that troubled the philosophical and theological word in the academic centers of Europe. In the end this speech led to the banishement of Wolff from Prussia in 1723 by the threat of Death. In order to gain a more detailed understanding of the Confucian influences on Christian Wolff, a profound research into the Sinensis Imperii libri Classici sex is a very important step. It will supply a basic prerequisite for the understanding of the intercultural character of the Early Enlightenment.

耶稣会神父弗朗索瓦·诺埃尔（François Noël，1651 - 1729）于 1711 年在布拉格出版了第一本四书全译本《中华帝国图书馆》，该书还收录了儒家经典《孝学》和《孝经》，并于同年编辑。也是对中国哲学（Philosophia Sinica tribustractatibus）的详尽描述，是最全面、最全面的。即使从现代汉学学术的角度来看，诺埃尔的成就也确实代表了对儒家传统的惊人理解水平。 1712年，《中华帝国图书馆》出版后不久。这本书的评论者是德国早期启蒙运动最杰出、最有影响力的哲学家克里斯蒂安·沃尔夫（Christian Wolff，1679 - 1754），沃尔夫似乎在下面研究了这部作品。 1721年，他在哈勒举行的《中国人的实践哲学》演讲中，引用《经典》作为他对中国哲学见解的源泉，并对诺埃尔作为儒家传统的解释者表示钦佩。启蒙运动的起点（辛斯克），因为它是困扰学术中心的哲学和神学界的一场大丑闻的开始最终，这次演讲导致沃尔夫在 1723 年被死亡威胁驱逐出普鲁士。这是理解早期启蒙运动跨文化特征的一个非常重要的步骤。