Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE220101505

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DE220101505

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Funded Activity Summary

The Aristotelian Soul in Late Ming China. This project aims to uncover a seminal moment during the first stage of Sino-Western intellectual encounters when the Jesuit Francesco Sambiasi (1582-1649) collaborated with the mandarin Xu Guangqi (1562-1633) on the Lingyan lishao (1624), a Chinese translation of Aristotle’s On the Soul. Since Ming Chinese lacked direct analogues for the Aristotelian soul, this work provides significant insights into how conceptual translation is conducted between disparate cultures. The intended outcome of this project is to reveal the semantic transformations between the European and Chinese contexts. Benefits include the opening up of pioneering yet understudied texts and insights into why certain ideas fail to resonate in their new target culture.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 29-08-2022

End Date: 28-08-2025

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $363,582.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Historical Studies | Philosophy of Specific Cultures (incl. Comparative Philosophy) | European History (excl. British, Classical Greek and Roman) | History of Ideas

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding Europe's Past | Communication Across Languages and Culture | Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies |

Other Keywords

Communication Across Languages and Culture | European History (excl. British, Classical Greek and Roman) | Expanding Knowledge in Philosophy and Religious Studies | Historical Studies | History of Ideas | Philosophy of Specific Cultures (incl. Comparative Philosophy) | Understanding Europe's Past

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