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The Chinese Classics — Prolegomena
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The Chinese Classics — Prolegomena gathers James Legge's scholarly introductions to his English translations of the Confucian classics, discussing the texts' history, authorship, and background. It suits students and researchers of Chinese philosophy, Confucianism, and nineteenth-century sinology.
James Legge
James Legge was a Scottish linguist, missionary, sinologist, and translator who was best known as an early translator of Classical Chinese texts into English. Legge served as a representative of the London Missionary Society in Malacca and Hong Kong (1840–1873) and was the first Professor of Chinese at Oxford University (1876–1897). In association with Max Müller he prepared the monumental Sacred Books of the East series, published in 50 volumes between 1879 and 1891.
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