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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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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