Jan JL Duyvendak

JJL Duyvendak

Jan Julius Lodewijk Duyvendak (born June 28, 1889 in Harlingen , † July 9, 1954 in Leiden ) was a Dutch sinologist.

Life

Jan Julius Lodewijk was the son of the Lutheran pastor of the same name († 1932) and his wife Truije Funke († 1930). Since his father became a pastor in Harlingen , he attended school there and continued his education at the grammar school in Schiedam . In 1908 Duyvendak became a student at Leiden University , where he studied Dutch language and literature. In 1910 he developed an interest in Chinese culture , where he was significantly influenced by Jan Jacob Maria de Groot . After further studies at the Sorbonne in Paris and at the University of Berlin , he worked from 1912 as an interpreter for the Dutch embassy in Beijing . In Beijing he completed further studies of the language, the culture and the conditions of the country. On March 19, 1919 he followed a call as a lecturer in the Chinese language at the University of Leiden and received his doctorate there on December 21, 1928 with the work The book of Lord Shang. A classic of the Chinese school of law.

On May 1, 1930, he was appointed professor of Chinese language and literature in Leiden and director of the Sinological Institute, for which he gave the inaugural speech Historie en Confusianisme on October 8 of that year . Duyvendak carried out research on Chinese overseas relations and translated the Shangjunshu ( Chinese  商君 書 ), also known as Shangzi for short , a major work of Chinese legalism , under the title The Book of Lord Shang into English. Duyvendak was dean of the philosophical faculty from 1947 to 1950 and was rector of the alma mater in the 1952/53 academy year , for which he gave the rector's speech Over Chinese muur on February 7, 1953, on the founding anniversary of the university . For several years he was visiting professor at Columbia University in New York, Princeton and Oxford. Duyvendak worked as editor of the international magazine T'oung Pao , was a member of the Royal Asiatic Society, the American Oriental Society, the Société Asiatique in Paris and the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences. He received an honorary doctorate from Princeton University in 1947, an honorary doctorate from Oxford University in 1950 and was knight of the Order of the Dutch Lion .

Duyvendak was married twice. His first marriage was on July 26, 1926 with Gwendolen Mary Rhys (* December 5, 1888 in Hrico Chang / China; † October 8, 1932 in Leiden), the daughter of William Hopkijn Rhys and his wife Margaret Harrison (* 9. October 1896 in Baltimore / USA;). His second marriage was on August 3, 1933 with Mary Clarkson Allen. A daughter was born from both marriages. Mary Duyvendak and Margaret Duyvendak are known.

Works (selection)

• The Book of Lord Shang: a classic of the Chinese school of law. London: Probsthain 1928 ( Probsthain's Oriental Series ) (online text) ( RTF ; 1.9 MB)
• Ma Huan re-examined. Amsterdam: Noord-Hollandsche 1933
• China's Discovery of Africa. London: Probsthain 1949.
• "The classical Chinese philosophy", in: Heinemann, Fritz (Hrsg.): The philosophy in the XX. Century. An encyclopedic account of their history, disciplines and tasks. Klett, Stuttgart, 1959, pp. 28–44 (reviewed by Günther Debon)

literature

• P. Minderaa: Jan Julius Lodewijk Duyvendak (Harlingen, June 28, 1889 - Leiden, July 9, 1954). In: Jaarboek van de Maatschappij der Nederlandsche Letterkunde te Leiden, 1955-1956. EJ Brill, Leiden 1956, pp. 68-81 ( online )
• EW Simon: Levens report JJL Duyvendak. In: Jaarboek of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, 1954-1955. Amsterdam, pp. 296–301 ( Online PDF )
• H. van der Hoeven: Duijvendak, Jan Julius Lodewijk (1889-1954). In: Biographical Woordenboek van Nederland. (BWN) The Hague, 1979, Vol. 1, ( Online )

Web links

• Duyvendak in the professorial catalog of the University of Leiden
• Duyvendak at the Digital Library of Dutch Literature (DBNL)
• Duyvendak works online
• Duyvendak entry at the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences (KNAW)