An inquiry into the proper mode of rendering the word "God" in translating the sacred Scriptures into the Chinese language. With an examination of the various opinions which have prevailed on this important subject, especially in reference to their influence on the diffusion of Christianity in China [Étude sur la manière appropriée de rendre le mot "Dieu" dans la traduction des Saintes Écritures en langue chinoise, accompagnée dun examen des diverses opinions qui ont prévalu sur cette importante question, notamment quant à leur influence sur la diffusion du christianisme en Chine]
Published by Lionel Booth, 1849
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Lionel Booth | Londres 1849 | 13.7 x 20.5 cm | Relié | Édition originale (cf. Cordier, Sinica, 1282.) Reliure en pleine toile souple grise, dos lisse muet légèrement éclairci, encadrements de filets à froid sur les plats, titre en lettres dorées au centre des plats, une étiquette avec indication manuscrite encollée en angle supérieur gauche du premier plat, gardes et contreplats de papier jaune, tranches mouchetées, reliure de l'époque. George Thomas Staunton (1781-1859), diplomate et orientaliste anglais, avait dès 1792 accompagné son père dans une mission en Chine et donc acquis très tôt une bonne connaissance de la langue. Il avait publié en 1810 sous le titre Fundamental Laws of China le Ta Tsing leu lee. La polémique qu'il soulève autour de la traduction en Chinois du terme "Dieu" renvoie explicitement aux ouvrages de W.H. Medhurst et J. Boone (A few plain Questions adressed to those Missionaries, who in their preaching or writing, teach the Chinese to workship Shang-ti), parus l'année précédente. Cordier signale un compte-rendu de cet ouvrage par S.W. Williams, paru dans le Chinese Repository (vol. xviii, pp. 604 et suivantes). Cartonnage de l'époque, avec l'inscription dorée sur le premier plat : "On the Sacred Phraseology and Religion of the Chinese". | [ENGLISH DESCRIPTION FOLLOWS] First edition (cf. Cordier, Sinica, 1282).Contemporary flexible grey cloth, smooth unlettered spine slightly faded, blind-ruled borders to the boards, title lettered in gilt at the centre of both boards, a label bearing a handwritten inscription pasted to the upper left-hand corner of the front board, yellow paper pastedowns and endpapers, sprinkled edges.George Thomas Staunton (1781–1859), an English diplomat and Orientalist, accompanied his father on a mission to China as early as 1792 and thus acquired a sound knowledge of the language at a very young age. In 1810, he published the Ta Tsing leu lee under the title Fundamental Laws of China. The controversy he raises over the Chinese rendering of the word "God" explicitly refers to works by W. H. Medhurst and J. Boone (A few plain Questions adressed to those Missionaries, who in their preaching or writing, teach the Chinese to workship Shang-ti), published the previous year.Cordier records a review of this work by S. W. Williams, published in the Chinese Repository (vol. XVIII, pp. 604 ff.).Contemporary binding, with the following title lettered in gilt on the front board: "On the Sacred Phraseology and Religion of the Chinese". * in-8 ; 2 ff.n.ch., 67 pp.…
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- An inquiry into the proper mode of rendering the word "God" in translating the sacred Scriptures into the Chinese language. With an examination of the various opinions which have prevailed on this important subject, especially in reference to their influence on the diffusion of Christianity in China [Étude sur la manière appropriée de rendre le mot "Dieu" dans la traduction des Saintes Écritures en langue chinoise, accompagnée dun examen des diverses opinions qui ont prévalu sur cette importante question, notamment quant à leur influence sur la diffusion du christianisme en Chine]
- Author
- George Thomas STAUNTON
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- Lionel Booth
- Publication year
- 1849
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- 1st Edition
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