The Centre for East Asian Studies (EASt) , Université Libre de Bruxelles, in Belgium is organizing a conference in October focusing on the task of translating Asian philosophical texts into western languages. They are hoping to make this conference into a long series and continue to provide a place in which comparative and asian philosophy scholars can help each other in our life-long commitment to the process of making Asian philosophical texts available in western languages. For more information, see this flyer or this website.
Category Archives: Translation
Next Columbia Neo-Confucian Seminar
The next session of the Columbia University Seminar on Neo–Confucian Studies will convene on Friday, February 16th, from 3:30 to 5:30pm, in the Heyman Center for the Humanities at Columbia University. The speaker will be Jean Tsui, who will be presenting a book chapter entitled “The Affective Origin of Translated Political Modernity in Late Qing China.” Please contact the rapporteur for the seminar if you will attend and would like a copy of the paper.
Request for info and assistance on translation
The following is an open letter from Hans Kuijper and Wang Ronghua; please see below for their contact info, and respond directly to them if you are interested in the project here described. Of course, discussion on the blog of the ideas raised here is also encouraged! (I have edited the letter slightly.)
To whom it may concern:
The resurrection of China over the last three decades or so has taken the world by surprise, and the cause(s), nature, scale and speed of her transformation have been the subject of numerous publications in the Western world. The mounting interest in the country that fast moves to the center stage of world politics is not confined to universities, for more and more people outside of academia are curious about China’s economy, polity, society, history, and culture. Though it is questionable whether all these publications are based on solid research and bear witness to a sound theory, it is certain that many misconceptions about China prevail, misconceptions that may easily result in the pursuit of wrong, if not disastrous, policies towards it.
New Book: Song, trans., Ru Meditation: Gao Panlong (1562-1626 C.E)
Bin Song’s annotated translation of Gao Panlong (1562-1626 C.E)’s writings on Ruist (Confucian) meditative practice of quiet-sitting has been published. The book can be purchased at https://the-ru-store.com/products/ru-meditation-gao-panlong. Read on for the book’s description and reviews:
New Book: French translation of 牟子, 《理惑論》
Les belles lettres has just published Beatrice L’Haridon’s translation of Mouzi’s 牟子 Lihuo lun 理惑論. More information is here.
Paperback of Ni, Understanding the Analects
SUNY Press recently published the paperback version of Peimin Ni’s Understanding the Analects of Confucius: A New Translation of the Lunyu with Annotations.
New Yi Jing Translation
Blomsbury Academic has published Geoffrey Redmond’s The I Ching (Book of Changes): A Critical Translation of the Ancient Text; see here.
French-language translations of recent Chinese essays
The INSTITUT RICCI, CENTRE D’ETUDES CHINOISES, provides access to a significant number of French-language translations of recent Chinese-language essays on Chinese philosophy, Chinese thought, and related subjects. It’s a great resource! See here.
New essays available on-line; and a bit on translation
For anyone who might be interested, I have added some new works-in-progress to my on-line archive site, including the pre-copyedit version of “Tian as Cosmos in Zhu Xi’s Neo-Confucianism.” Comments are always welcome. Below, I include the abstract to the Tian essay, as well as two paragraphs discussing standards for translation.
New Book: Stalk Divination
Oxford University Press has published Constance A. Cook and Zhao Lu, Stalk Divination: A Newly Discovered Alternative to the I Ching. More information is here and below. Continue reading →
