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Interpretation of the Correction of the Four Books of Huaying. The Four Books: Confucian Analects The Great Learning The Doctrine of the Mean and The Works of Mencius.
1918ref. 127035China: Kanshou 1918. James Legge's classic Chinese-English translation of the four major texts of Confucian philosophy. Octavo original cloth with gilt titles to the spine. In very good condition. Ownership inscriptions and bookplates in both Chinese and English. Scottish linguist missionary sinologist and translator James Legge 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. Kanshou hardcover
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