Author:James Legge

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James Legge
(1815–1897)

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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 Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB9 by the initials "J. Le."

This author wrote articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica
Articles written by this author are designated in the EB1911 by the initials "J. Le."

Works

The Life and Teaching of Confucius, with explanatory notes (1887) IA
"The Religion of China" in Religious Systems of the World: a contribution to the study of comparative religion (1892) IA
The Religions of China: Confucianism and Tâoism described and compared with Christianity (1880) IA

Translations

The Chinese Classics, originally intended as a seven-volume series:

Vol. I (1861 & 1893) IA 1, IA 2:

Vol. II (1861 & 1895) IA:

The Works of Mencius

Vol. III (1865) IA 1, IA 2:

The Shoo King or Book of Historical Documents
Bamboo Annals (in "Prolegomena")

Vol. IV (1871) IA 1, IA 2:

The She King or Book of Poetry

Vol. V (1872) IA 1, IA 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:

Pt. I (1879) (transcription project):

The Shû King
The Religious Portions of the Shih King
The Hsiâo King

Pt. II (1882) (transcription project)

The Yî King

Pt. III (transcription project) & Pt. IV (1885) (transcription project)

The Lî Kî

Pt. V (transcription project) & Pt. VI (1891) (transcription project)

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) IA

Contributions to EB1911

"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

"Legge, James," in Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886, by Joseph Foster, London: Parker and Co. (1888–1892) in 4 vols.
"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)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1928, and 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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