Legge, James

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James Legge

(20 December 1815 − 29 November 1897)

British sinologist and missionary, editor and translator of The Chinese Classics; became professor of Chinese at Oxford in 1876 and translated the I Ching for Sacred Books of the East. (BCW 4:655).

Some links:

• Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
• CTD article in Russian: Легг, Джеймс

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Lifetime: 1815-1897
Shortly: British sinologist and missionary, editor and translator of The Chinese Classics; became profess...