Author: James LeggePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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The Life and Works of Mencius
Author: James LeggePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy, Chinese
Languages : en
Pages : 420
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James Legge and the Chinese Classics
Author: Marilyn Laura BowmanPublisher: FriesenPress
ISBN: 146028884X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 624
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James Legge (1815-1897), was a great Scots scholar and missionary famed as a translator of the Chinese Classics when struggles between Britain and China included two wars. It was an era of sailing ships, pirates, opium wars, the swashbuckling East India Company, cannibals eating missionaries, and the opening of Qing China to trade and ideas. Legge was vilified by fundamentalist missionaries who disagreed with his favourable views about Chinese culture and beliefs. He risked beheading twice while helping Chinese individuals being terrorized during the Taiping Rebellion. He became so ill from Hong Kong fevers when only 29 that he was forced to return to the UK to save his life. Recovering, he and his three talented Chinese students attracted such interest that they were invited to a private meeting with Queen Victoria. Legge thrived despite serious illnesses, lost five of his 11 children and both wives to premature deaths, survived cholera epidemics, typhoons, and massive fires. He was poisoned twice in a famous scandal, helped save a sailing ship from fire on the high seas, took in a bohemian Qing scholar on the run, foiled a bank-bombing plot, and earned enmity in the colony for providing court testimony about translation that favoured accused Chinese men rather than the colonial authorities. Legge’s resilient responses and incredible productivity reflected the passion he had developed at the age of 23 for understanding the culture of China. He retired to become a Fellow of Corpus Christi College and the first Professor of Chinese.
The Chinese Classics
Author: James LeggeThe Chinese Classics
Author: James LeggePublisher:
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Category : Confucianism
Languages : en
Pages : 544
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The Chinese Classics
Author: James LeggeThe She King
Author: The Chinese Classics
Author: James LeggeThe Chinese Classics
Author: ConfuciusThe Victorian Translation of China
Author: N. J. GirardotPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520215528
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 824
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Author: James Legge