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Just following up on the fascinating prospect you initiated. Which Russian missionaries translated which Chinese classics, since that you've already searched?
by nybblet 10y ago
Just following up on the fascinating prospect you initiated.
Which Russian missionaries translated which Chinese classics, since that you've already searched? I'm turning up Russian -> Chinese, not the other way around.
- bryondowd 10y agoHere's one of the resources I came across. I only perused it briefly, but it mentions a Father Yakinf returning to St Petersburg and translating "the Confucian classic Four Books (Sishu)" among other things. Hopefully this link works for you and isn't dependent on local cookies or something. But the book is: China and Japan in the Russian Imagination, 1685-1922: To the Ends of the Orient By Susanna Soojung Lim https://books.google.com/books?id=RQldRM5wlfcC&pg=PA65&lpg=PA65&dq=first+translation+of+confucius+to+russian&source=bl&ots=LtQpLXmcld&sig=OdJHY-2EiRy6idCek-VOpAmU32U&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwixp-TRztbSAhVM34MKHQ9UCNYQ6AEILzAE#v=onepage&q=first%20translation%20of%20confucius%20to%20russian&f=false https://books.google.com/books?id=RQldRM5wlfcC&pg=PA65&lpg=P...
- nybblet 10y agoHaha: "He developed a questionable reputation among the other members of the Mission..." Yes, I can see it, and this is very cool. Thank you very much!