'Unexpected Affinities' and 'Fatal Errors': Ambiguities in the Romantic Reception of Confucius

Peter Kitson

'Unexpected Affinities' and 'Fatal Errors': Ambiguities in the Romantic Reception of Confucius

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This is a study of the very first British translations of the writings of the Chinese philosopher, Confucius into English. It discusses the early engagements of Thomas Percy and William Jones with the texts before discussing the translations produced by the Serampore Baptist Missionary, Joshua Marshman and those by the Anglo-Chinese College at Malacca. It argues that the presence of Confucius in Enlightenment thought is diminished by a Protestant missionary 'Romantic Sinology'.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Romantic Ambiguities: Abodes of the Modern
Subtitle of host publication	Studien zur Englischen Romantik / Studies in English Romanticism
Editors	Sebastian Domsch, Christoph Reinfadt, Katharina Rennak
Place of Publication	Trier
Publisher	Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier
Volume	16
ISBN (Print)	978-3-86821-727-8
Publication status	Published - 28 Sep 2017

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Name	Studien Zur Englischen Romantik

Keywords

Romantic
Confucianism

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Peter Kitson
- P.Kitsonuea.acuk
- School of Literature, Drama and Creative Writing - Emeritus Professor
- Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Research Group - Member
Person: Honorary, Research Group Member

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The Romantic Period, 1780–1832
Kitson, P., May 2017, English Literature in Context. Poplawski, P. (ed.). 2 ed. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press
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The ‘catastrophe of this new Chinese mission’: The Amherst Embassy to China of 1816
Kitson, P. J., 11 Jul 2017, Early Encounters between East Asia and Europe: Telling Failures. Hertel, R. & M. K. (eds.). Routledge
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Kitson, P. (2017). 'Unexpected Affinities' and 'Fatal Errors': Ambiguities in the Romantic Reception of Confucius. In S. Domsch, C. Reinfadt, & K. Rennak (Eds.), Romantic Ambiguities: Abodes of the Modern: Studien zur Englischen Romantik / Studies in English Romanticism (Vol. 16). (Studien Zur Englischen Romantik). Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier. https://www.lehmanns.de/shop/geisteswissenschaften/40031234-9783868217278-romantic-ambiguities

Kitson, Peter. / 'Unexpected Affinities' and 'Fatal Errors': Ambiguities in the Romantic Reception of Confucius. Romantic Ambiguities: Abodes of the Modern: Studien zur Englischen Romantik / Studies in English Romanticism. editor / Sebastian Domsch ; Christoph Reinfadt ; Katharina Rennak. Vol. 16 Trier : Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2017. (Studien Zur Englischen Romantik).

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Kitson, P 2017, 'Unexpected Affinities' and 'Fatal Errors': Ambiguities in the Romantic Reception of Confucius. in S Domsch, C Reinfadt & K Rennak (eds), Romantic Ambiguities: Abodes of the Modern: Studien zur Englischen Romantik / Studies in English Romanticism. vol. 16, Studien Zur Englischen Romantik, Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, Trier. <https://www.lehmanns.de/shop/geisteswissenschaften/40031234-9783868217278-romantic-ambiguities>

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Romantic Ambiguities: Abodes of the Modern: Studien zur Englischen Romantik / Studies in English Romanticism. ed. / Sebastian Domsch; Christoph Reinfadt; Katharina Rennak. Vol. 16 Trier : Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2017. (Studien Zur Englischen Romantik).

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'Unexpected Affinities' and 'Fatal Errors': Ambiguities in the Romantic Reception of Confucius

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The Romantic Period, 1780–1832

The ‘catastrophe of this new Chinese mission’: The Amherst Embassy to China of 1816

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