Jan Jakob Maria de Groot (18 February 185424 September 1921) was a Dutch sinologist and

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of religion. He taught at the Leiden University and later at the

University of Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative ...

, and is chiefly remembered for his monumental work, ''The Religious System of China, Its Ancient Forms, Evolution, History and Present Aspect, Manners, Customs and Social Institutions Connected Therewith''. The two "books" of this detailed and well-illustrated treatise appeared in six volumes - and, according to the preface in the first volume, the ''System'' was originally meant to include several more "books". De Groot became a corresponding member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1887, a foreign member in 1892 and a regular member in 1911. Kong Yanjin - bixi - P1060193

Bibliography

* J. J. M. De Groot, ''The Religious System of China'', Brill, Leiden, 1892-1910, rééd. Taipei 196

** vol. I : ''Disposal of the Dead. Part I : Funeral rites. Part II : The ideas of resurrection'', 1892, XXIV-360

** vol. II : ''Disposal of the Dead. Part III : The Grave (first half)'', 1894, 468 p. : book I : ''Disposal of the Dead'', p. 359-82

** vol. III : ''Disposal of the Dead. The Grave (second half). Fung-shui'',1897, 640 p. ** vol. IV : ''The soul and Ancestral Worship. Part I : The Soul in Philosophy and Folk-Conception'', 464 p

** vol. V : ''The soul and Ancestral Worship. Part II : Demonology. Part III : Sorcery'', 1908, 464 p

** vol. VI : ''The soul and Ancestral Worship. Part IV : The War against Spectres. Part V : The prietshood of Animism (wu)'', 1910, 414 p

** index for volumes I, II, III, 40 p. * J. J. M. De Groot, Universismus - Die Grundlage der Religion und Ethik, des Staatswesens und der Wissenschaften China

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External links

Sinologists: J J M de Groot, 1854 - 1921

Works of Jan Jakob Maria de Groot
on archive.org - in English, German, and French
Leiden University page
* M.W. de Visser
'Levensbericht van Prof. Dr. J.J.M. de Groot'
In: Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandse Letterkunde, 1922, p. 1-16 1854 births 1921 deaths Dutch historians of religion Linguists from the Netherlands Dutch sinologists Leiden University faculty Humboldt University of Berlin faculty People from Schiedam Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Dutch expatriates in Germany {{Netherlands-scientist-stub