Author:James Legge
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Scottish sinologist, representative of the London Missionary Society in Malacca and Hong Kong, and first professor of Chinese at Oxford University This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. Articles attributed to this author are designated in EB1911 by the initials "J. Le." |
Works[edit]
- The Life and Teaching of Confucius, with explanatory notes (1887) (external scan)
- "The Religion of China" in Religious Systems of the World: a contribution to the study of comparative religion (1892) (external scan)
- The Religions of China: Confucianism and Tâoism described and compared with Christianity (1880) (external scan)
Translations[edit]
- The Chinese Classics, originally intended as a seven-volume series:
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- Vol. II (1861 & 1895) (external scan):
- The Shoo King or Book of Historical Documents
- Bamboo Annals (in "Prolegomena")
- The She King or Book of Poetry
- Vol. V (1872) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2):
- The Ch‘un Ts‘ew or Spring and Autumn Annals
- The Tso Chuen or Commentary of Zuo
- The Sacred Books of the East, for which Legge's work comprised the sub-series The Sacred Books of China:
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- The Tâo Teh King
- The Writings of Kwang-dze
- Shorter works: the Taishang Ganying Pian (Tractate of Actions and their Retributions), the Qingjing Jing (Classic of Purity), the Yinfujing (Classic of the Harmony of the Seen and Unseen), the Yushu Jing (Classic of the Pivot of Jade), and the Nei Riyong Jing (Classic of the Directory for the Day)
- The Nei or Inner Circle of Teaching
- The Divine Classic of Chuang-Tze the Popularizer of Taoism
- A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms; being an account by the Chinese monk Fa-Hien of his travels in India and Ceylon, A.D. 399–414, in search of the Buddhist books of discipline (1886) (external scan)
Contributions to EB1911[edit]
- "Confucius," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Lâo-Tsze," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
- "Mencius," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
Works about Legge[edit]
- "Legge, James," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1901) in 3 vols.
- "Legge, James," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Works by this author published before January 1, 1926 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.
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- 1815 births
- 1897 deaths
- Early modern authors
- 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica contributors
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- Scottish authors
- Chinese-English as translator
- Translators as authors
- Lexicographers as authors
- Linguists as authors
- Sinologists as authors
- Congregationalist authors
- Christianity in China
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- London Missionary Society
- Missionaries as authors