James Legge

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James Legge was a 19th-century Scottish sinologist, missionary, and pioneering translator of the Chinese classics into English.

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James Legge canonical 2

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instanceOf human ⓘ
missionary ⓘ
sinologist ⓘ
translator ⓘ
birthDate 1815-12-20 ⓘ
birthPlace Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Huntly
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1897-11-29 ⓘ
educatedAt Highbury College ⓘ
King's College, Aberdeen ⓘ
University of Aberdeen ⓘ
employer London Missionary Society ⓘ
University of Oxford ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scottish ⓘ
familyName Legge ⓘ
fieldOfWork Chinese studies ⓘ
Sinology ⓘ
translation of Chinese classics ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
languageSpoken Chinese ⓘ
English ⓘ
memberOf London Missionary Society ⓘ
name James Legge ⓘ
notableAchievement Helped establish Chinese studies as an academic discipline in Britain ⓘ
Produced pioneering English translations of the Chinese classics ⓘ
notableRole First Professor of Chinese at the University of Oxford ⓘ
notableWork The Chinese Classics ⓘ
Translation of the Book of Documents (Shujing) ⓘ
linked to: Book of Documents

Translation of the Book of Odes (Shijing) ⓘ
Translation of the Book of Rites (Liji) ⓘ
Translation of the Confucian Analects ⓘ
Translation of the Four Books ⓘ
Translation of the I Ching (Yijing) ⓘ
linked to: I Ching
occupation missionary ⓘ
sinologist ⓘ
translator ⓘ
university professor ⓘ
positionHeld Professor of Chinese at the University of Oxford ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China

Oxford, England ⓘ
linked to: Oxford
spouse Hannah Mary Johnstone ⓘ
workLocation Hong Kong ⓘ
linked to: Hong Kong, China

Malacca ⓘ
Oxford, England ⓘ
linked to: Oxford

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James Legge → name → James Legge ⓘ