James Legge

Born

in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, The United Kingdom

December 20, 1815

Died

November 29, 1897

Genre

Nonfiction

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Average rating: 3.92 · 2,387 ratings · 178 reviews · 234 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Works of Mencius 4.07 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1990	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Analects by Confucius, Robert Taylor (Editor), James Legge (Translator) 3.81 avg rating — 18,281 ratings — published -429 — 160 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Texts of Taoism Volume 1 4.11 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1891 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chinese Classics. With A Translation, Critical And Exegetical Notes, Prolegomena, And Copious Indexes: Volume 1. Confucian Analects, The Great Learning, And The Doctrine Of The Mean 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2001 — 21 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Texts of Taoism Volume 2 4.12 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1962 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The She King or the Book of Poetry (Chinese Classics Series) 4.25 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1983 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Texts of Taoism 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1891 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The four books: Confucian analects, the great learning, the doctrine of the mean, and the works of Mencius really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2015 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hsiao King Or Classic Of Filial Piety 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2004 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sacred Books of China: The Texts of Confucianism, Part I: The Shu King, the religious portions of the Shih King, the Hsiao King really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 1879 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“【十九章】子曰、中人以上、可以語上也、中人以下、不可以語上也。【二十章】樊遲問知。子曰、務民之義、敬鬼神而遠之、可謂知矣。問仁。曰、仁者先難而後獲、可”
― James Legge, The Chinese Classics — Volume 1: Confucian Analects

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“棖也慾、焉得剛。”
― James Legge, The Chinese Classics — Volume 1: Confucian Analects

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“CHAP. XIX. The Duke Ai asked, saying, 'What should be
done in order to secure the submission of the people?'
Confucius replied, 'Advance the upright and set aside the
crooked, then the people will submit. Advance the crooked and
set aside the upright, then the people will not submit.”
― James Legge, The Chinese Classics — Volume 1: Confucian Analects

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