Compendium Doctrinae Christianae

Title of translation: Compendium Doctrinae Christianae
Year: 1628
Translator(s)/Commentators(s): Heurnius, Justus
Book Type: Manuscript
Language(s): Latin
Chinese text: Characters and transliteration
Place of translation: Batavia
Religious denomination: Calvinist
Classical Source(s): Analects (论语)
Sections: 1628 Translation of Analects (论语) (Chapter)
Summary: Heurnius' Compendium consists mostly of Christian texts, but also includes an incomplete translation of the analecta, and of the xiao'er lun 小而論. The text is based on the Jesuits' writings, and uses a common terminology, especially with regard to Christian texts.
Copies: Copy of Compendium Doctrinae Christianae held in Universiteitsbibliotheek di Leiden; Copy of Compendium Doctrinae Christianae held in British Library; Copy of Compendium Doctrinae Christianae held in Bodleian Library, Oxford
URLs: https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/objects/703c8fda-7a69-4659-8ae3-6213e3c8cfc1/
Bibliography: Trude Dijkstra, Thijs Weststeijn, “Constructing Confucius in the Low Countries“, in De Zeventiende Eeuw 32 (2016) 2, pp. 137-164.; K. Kuiper, ‘The earliest monument of Dutch sinological studies. Justus Heurnius’s manuscript Dutch-Chinese dictionary and Chinese-Latin Compendium Doctrinae Christianae (Batavia 1628)’, in Quaerendo 35 (2005), p. 95-186.