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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| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Legge canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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missionary ⓘ sinologist ⓘ translator ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1815-12-20 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1897-11-29 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Highbury College
NERFINISHED
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King's College, Aberdeen NERFINISHED ⓘ University of Aberdeen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer |
London Missionary Society
NERFINISHED
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University of Oxford ⓘ |
| era | 19th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Scottish ⓘ |
| familyName | Legge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Chinese studies
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Sinology ⓘ translation of Chinese classics ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| languageSpoken |
Chinese
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English ⓘ |
| memberOf | London Missionary Society NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | James Legge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
Helped establish Chinese studies as an academic discipline in Britain
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Produced pioneering English translations of the Chinese classics ⓘ |
| notableRole | First Professor of Chinese at the University of Oxford ⓘ |
| notableWork |
The Chinese Classics
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Translation of the Book of Documents (Shujing) NERFINISHED ⓘ Translation of the Book of Odes (Shijing) NERFINISHED ⓘ Translation of the Book of Rites (Liji) NERFINISHED ⓘ Translation of the Confucian Analects NERFINISHED ⓘ Translation of the Four Books NERFINISHED ⓘ Translation of the I Ching (Yijing) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
missionary
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sinologist ⓘ translator ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Professor of Chinese at the University of Oxford ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| residence |
Hong Kong
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Oxford, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spouse | Hannah Mary Johnstone NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Hong Kong
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Malacca NERFINISHED ⓘ Oxford, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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