Ling Yan Li Shao 靈言蠡勺 [A Humble Inquiry into the Soul] Francesco Sambiasi and Xu Guangqi, Republican era

著者(Author)：畢方濟, Francesco Sambiasi; 徐光啓 Xu Guangqi

出版元(Publisher)：新會陳氏(陈垣)校刊

刊行年(Publishing Date)：1919

ページ数(Pages)：31 leaves

裝幀(Binding)： Thread-bound

コンディション(Condition)：Very Good

サイズ(Size)：26x15.5cm

Ling Yan Li Shao is the first systematic Chinese translation and exposition of Western doctrines of the soul. Completed in 1623, it was a collaborative work by the Ming scholar-scientist Xu Guangqi and the Italian Jesuit Francesco Brancati. Based on Aristotle’s De Anima and enriched with elements of Platonic philosophy and Catholic theology, the book introduced concepts such as the “threefold soul” and the “four causes” to a Chinese readership. Xu employed Confucian classical terminology and Neo-Confucian concepts to articulate these ideas, pioneering a new mode of Sino-Western philosophical dialogue. As a landmark achievement of the late-Ming Eastward Spread of Western Learning. 

The work was reprinted in 1919 (Year 8 of the Republic) by the eminent Republican-era historian Chen Yuan(陈垣).

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