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.Wikipedia →
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The Doctrine of the Mean
中庸 by Zisi
English · Trubner · 1861
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The Chinese Classics, Volume III: the Shoo King or the Book of Historical Documents
尚書 by Confucius
English · Trubner · 1865
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The Tao Teh King, or the Tao and its Characteristics
道德經 by Laozi
English · Oxford University Press · 1891
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