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Cover illustration: Xingxue cushu, front page, BNF Chinois 3409 (see fig. 2).
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Aleni, Giulio, 1582-1649. | Meynard, Thierry, translator, editor. | Pan, Dawei, translator, editor. | 880-01 Aleni, Giulio, 1582-1649. Xing xue cu shu. | 880-02 Aleni, Giulio, 1582-1649. Xing xue cu shu. English.
Title: A brief introduction to the study of human nature / Giulio Aleni ; translated and annotated by Thierry Meynard, S.J., Dawei Pan.
Description: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020] | Series: Jesuit studies : modernity through the prism of Jesuit history, 2214-3289 ; volume 29 | Translation of: Xing xue cu shu. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Chinese and English with introduction in English.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020025949 (print) | LCCN 2020025950 (ebook) | ISBN 9789004426252 (hardback ; acid-free paper) | ISBN 9789004429871 (e-book)
Subjects: LCSH: Philosophical anthropology. | Human beings—Philosophy. | Philosophy, Asian. | Jesuits—Effect of philosophy on—China. | Jesuits—Intellectual life—16th century.
Classification: LCC BD450 .A45682513 2020 (print) | LCC BD450 (ebook) | DDC 128—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020025949
LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020025950
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ISSN 2214-3289
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