French Jesuit Figurists read Chinese classics as secretly linked to the Bible.

Evidence

Several French Jesuits of the seventeenth and eighteenth century, collectively known as Christian Figurists, such as Bouvet, de Prémare and Foucquet, claimed that the Chinese classic texts Yijing, Daodejing, and others are linked to the Bible or Hebrew writings. — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 984 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

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Broader Connections

• French Jesuits argued Chinese classics encoded Hebrew biblical truths #expands (0.95) — Ivan Davidson Kalmar, Derek Penslar, Orientalism and the Jews, 984