Author: CONFUCIUS. Rosny, Léon de.
Title: Le Hiao-king, livre sacré de la piété filiale, publié en chinois avec une traduction française et un commentaire perpétuel emprunté aux sources originales par Léon de Rosny. [Scarce first edition].
Description: Paris, Maisonneuve et Ch. Leclerc, 1889. 2 parts in 1. 68, 176 pp. Bound in modern black h.cloth. 8vo. - Cover sl. rubbed & sl. discol. Very rare edition of the The Classic of Filial Piety, also known by its Chinese name as the Xiaojing, published in Chinese with a French translation. Printed on laid paper. - The Xiaojing is a Confucian classic treatise, giving advice on filial piety: that is, how to behave towards a senior such as a father, an elder brother, or a ruler. The text was most likely written during the late Warring States period and early Han dynasty and claims to be a conversation between Confucius and his student Zengzi. The text was widely used during the Han and later dynasties to teach young children basic moral messages as they learned to read. This work is generally considered Confucius' last work [Source a.o.: Wikipedia]. - - Léon de Rosny (1837-1914) studied Chinese from 1852 to the 'École spéciale des langues orientales (current: Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales: INALCO), fully investing in learning of the Chinese language. However, when a teacher encouraged him to study the Japanese language, he began to learn it on his own. De Rosny published Résumé des principales connaissances nécessaires pour l'étude de la langue japonaise in 1854, and Introduction à l'étude de la langue japonaise in 1856, two works which constitute the first comprehensive introduction to the Japanese language in Europe. De Rosny acquired such a mastery of Japanese that he served as an interpreter for a delegation sent by the Tokugawa shogunate to France in 1862, to which joined Fukuzawa Yukichi, the Japanese author, teacher, translator, and a.o. founder of Keio University.

Keywords: Ethnography Asia Japan Tibet Himalaya Linguistics Asia Japon Taalkunde / Mandaïsch of Mandees Theology Etnografie Azië Taalkunde Azië Japan Taalkunde / Mandaïsch of Mandees Theologie