Jan Jakob Maria de Groot (18 February 185424 September 1921) was a Dutch
sinologist
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and
historian
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of religion. He taught at the
Leiden University
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and later at the
University of Berlin
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, 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
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in 1887, a foreign member in 1892 and a regular member in 1911.
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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Sources
External links
Sinologists: J J M de Groot, 1854 - 1921Works of Jan Jakob Maria de Grooton 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
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