Author: ABEL-RÉMUSAT, JEAN-PIERRE:
Title: L'invariable milieu, ouvrage moral de Tsèu-ssê, en chinois et en mandschou. Avec une version littérale latine, une traduction françoise, et des notes, précédé d'une notice sur les quatre livres moraux communément attribués à Confucius. Paris, l'Imperimerie royale, 1817.
Description: . 4to. Pp. (ii), 160. Text in Latin, Chinese and Manchu. Partly with minor browning, first few leaves affected at inner margin, no text loss. Two leaves with marginal tears (pp. 33-36). Contemporary marbled boards, rubbed along extremities. Old ownership inscription. Bookplate of Staffan Rosén, Professor of Korean, Stockholm.First edition, rare. A translation of the Zhongyong or "The Doctrine of the Mean" which is one of the Four Books of classical Chinese philosophy. Originally it was a chapter of Liji ("Record of Rites"). The text is attributed to Zisi (Kong Ji), a grandson of Confucius. However, this has been disputed and according to modern scholars parts may have been written by Confucius himself. "The Doctrine of the Mean" is a text rich in symbolism and guidance for perfection. Rémusat, renowned French orientalist who was appointed the first professor of Chinese in Europe. Cordier BS 1403. Lust 752. Not in Löwendahl.

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