Scottish Sinology, Chinese Classics translation

James Legge

1815 – 1897

James Legge was a Scottish missionary and sinologist who produced the first major English translations of the Chinese classics, including the works of Confucius, Mencius, and the Taoists, in his monumental five-volume series published between 1861 and 1872. In 1876 he became the first Professor of Chinese at Oxford University, and his translations remained the standard English versions well into the twentieth century.