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Holy Confucius!: European Translations of ‘Shengren’ in the Analects Kindle Edition

by Thorsten J. Pattberg (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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The Chinese term 聖 sheng (simplified: 圣) appears eight times in six paragraphs in the Analects of Confucius (Lun Yu). I looked at all the major European translations between 1649 to 2009, and found major inconsistencies. The first Latin and French texts mentioned 'wise men'. The favorite English translations for 聖人shengren were 'the sages', followed by 'the philosophers' - which is not the same. However, the most astonishing anomaly is the widely accepted German translation 'the saints' (die Heiligen), followed by many more outliers such as 'the god-like', 'the holy sages', 'geniuses', 'cultural heroes', 'appointees' and so on. This could mean that the last word has not been spoken yet, and that the final term for shengren is still out there.

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Thorsten J. Pattberg, PhD (Peking University) is a German writer and cultural critic. He is an alumnus of Peking University, Harvard University and The University of Tokyo, and is the author of The East-West-Dichotomy, Foreign Language Press, Beijing.
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German philosopher and cultural critic. Ex-Peking, ex-Harvard, ex-Tokyo university scholar. Author of 'The East-West Dichotomy', 'Shengren - Above Philosophy and Beyond Religion', 'The Menticide Manual.' China and Japan expert, political commentator. Disciple of GU Zhengkun, TU Weiming and JI Xianlin. Edinburgh University alumnus. Founder of China government project: Key Concepts in Chinese Thought and Culture, under the auspices of Vice Premier Madame LIU Yandong and Chairman XI Jinping. Currently residing in Tokyo, Japan.

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