The Jesuit Reading of Confucius: The First Complete Translation of the Lunyu (1687) Published in the West
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Discours des sacrifices antiens et modernes, suivant les six aages du munde. Dédié à la reine de Navarre, par François TERRASSON, son premier médecin.
Paris: BNF, Ms Français 9752 (Supplément français 1042), 16th.
the healers making an offering to an idol asking if it can cure the sick person. As atonement, a number of goats are slaughtered. In the process, the tent of the sick man is incensed. In the background is a thanksgiving feast at an idol. On the right image, a man (according to the text a Jesuit) is being shaved by a toll master in front of some Dutchmen. (1682)
from: Vries, Simon de. Curieuse aenmerckingen der bysonderste Oost en West-Indische verwonderens-waerdige dingen, deel 4, p. 664 en deel 3, p. 596. Utrecht: J. Ribbius, 1682
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam