Angelo Zottoli

Angelo Zottoli (1826–1902) was an Italian Catholic priest and missionary in China and a sinologist.

Biography

Zottoli was born in Acerno on June 21, 1826 and, after joining the Jesuits in 1843, went as a missionary to China in 1848. From 1853 he taught, and was headmaster, in St. Ignatius College for Chinese Christian students founded in 1849. [1]

He was known for his sinological works, and was an important leader in the Shanghai Catholic community of Zikawei, encouraging figures such as Ma Xiangbo to carefully study the Chinese and Western classics.[2]

Sinology

Zottoli produced a Latin textbook of Chinese Language Cursus litterature Sinicae neo-missionariis accommodatus in five volumes in octavo.[3] He also produced Latin translations of some classic works of Chinese literature (Confucius), a Chinese-Latin dictionary, and many theological texts in Chinese.

In 1884 he was awarded the Prix Stanislas Julien by the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres of Paris for his Cursus litteraturae Sinicae neo-missionariis accommodatus.[4]

References
  1. King, Gail (1997). "The Xujiahui (Zikawei) Library of Shanghai". Libraries & Culture. 32 (4): 456–469. ISSN 0894-8631. JSTOR 25548570.
  2. Jiang, You Guo (September 2012). "Liberal Arts in China's Modern Universities: Lessons from the Great Catholic Educator and Statesman, Ma Xiangbo". Frontiers of Education in China. 7 (3): 292–308. doi:10.1007/BF03396948.
  3. Williams, Nicholas Morrow (3 July 2015). "Angelo Zottoli's Cursus litteraturæ sinicæ as Propaedeutic to Chinese Classical Tradition". Monumenta Serica. 63 (2): 327–359. doi:10.1080/02549948.2015.1106835. S2CID 162779246.
  4. Comptes-rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, 1884 28(4) p. 479
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