| Description |
1 online resource (xii. 323 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Jesuit studies - modernity through the prism of Jesuit history,
2214-3289 ;
volume 26
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Jesuit studies (Leiden, Netherlands) ; v. 26.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Translating the Sunzi -- Joseph Amiot's Sunzi -- The thirteen chapters on military art, a work composed in Chinese / by Sunzi -- Interpreting Amiot's Sunzi -- Strategy and revolution -- Joseph Amiot's letter to Henri Berlin, Beijing, September 23, 1766 -- Amiot's life |
| Summary |
"The Mandate of Heaven examines the first European version of Sunzi's Art of War, which was translated from Chinese by Joseph Amiot, a French missionary in Beijing, and published in Paris in 1772. His work is presented in English for the first time. Amiot undertook this project following the suppression of the Society of Jesus in France with the aim of demonstrating the value of the China mission to the French government. He addressed his work to Henri Bertin, minister of state, beginning a thirty-year correspondence between the two men. Amiot framed his translation in order to promote a radical agenda using the Chinese doctrine of the "mandate of heaven." This was picked up within the sinophile and radical circle of the physiocrats, who promoted China as a model for revolution in Europe. The work also arrived just as the concept of strategy was emerging in France. Thus Amiot's Sunzi can be placed among seminal developments in European political and strategic thought on the eve of the revolutionary era"-- Provided by publisher |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
Text in English, with some text in Chinese. English text translated from French version of text originally in Chinese |
| Subject |
Sunzi, active 6th century B.C. Sunzi bing fa -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Sunzi, active 6th century B.C. Sunzi bing fa -- Influence.
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Amiot, Joseph Marie, 1718-1793. Art militaire des Chinois.
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Amiot, Joseph Marie, 1718-1793.
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Amiot, Joseph Marie, 1718-1793. |
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Jesuits -- China.
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Jesuits. |
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China. |
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Sunzi bing fa (Sunzi) |
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Amiot, Joseph Marie, 1718-1793, translator.
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Sunzi, active 6th century B.C.
Sunzi bing fa. English.
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| Added Title |
Strategy, revolution, and the first European translation of Sunzi's Art of war (1772) |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Parr, Adam, 1965- Mandate of heaven. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020] 9789004414495 (DLC) 2019037126 (OCoLC)1108546918 |
| ISBN |
9004416218 electronic book |
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9789004416215 (electronic book) |
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9789004414495 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9004414495 hardcover alkaline paper |
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