Philippe Couplet
... that in 1687 Philippe Couplet published Confucius Sinarum Philosophus , the first known Western translation of a Chinese literary work?
... that in 1687 <b id="mwEbE"><a href="./Philippe_Couplet" id="mwEbI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Philippe Couplet">Philippe Couplet</a></b> published <i id="mwEbM">Confucius Sinarum Philosophus</i> <i id="mwEbQ">(pictured)</i>, the first known <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Western_World" id="mwEbU" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Western World">Western</a> translation of a <a href="./Chinese_language" id="mwEbY" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chinese language">Chinese</a> <a class="mw-redirect" href="./Literary" id="mwEbc" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Literary">literary</a> work?