James Legge
James Legge was a Scottish linguist, missionary, sinologist, and translator who was best known as an early translator of Classical Chinese texts into English. Legge served as a representative of the London Missionary Society in Malacca and Hong Kong (1840–1873) and was the first Professor of Chinese at Oxford University (1876–1897). In association with Max Müller he prepared the monumental Sacred Books of the East series, published in 50 volumes between 1879 and 1891.
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Trending topics shown first"The Master standing by a stream, said, "It passes on just like this, not ceasing day or night!"
"The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar."
"The Master said, "Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles." "Have no friends not equal to yourself." "When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them."
"When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves."
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