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The victorian translation of China : James Legge's Oriental pilgrimage / Norman J. Girardot.
Van Pelt Library BV3427.L42 G57 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Girardot, N. J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Legge, James, 1815-1897.
- Legge, James.
- Missionaries--China--Biography.
- Missionaries.
- China.
- Missionaries--Great Britain--Biography.
- Great Britain.
- China--Civilization--Christian influences.
- China--History--19th century.
- China--Religion.
- China--Social life and customs--1644-1912.
- Local Subjects:
- Legge, James.
- China--Civilization--Christian influences.
- China--History--19th century.
- China--Religion.
- China--Social life and customs--1644-1912.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxx, 780 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- James Legge's Oriental pilgrimage
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2002]
- Summary:
- Through astonishing detective work and years of archival digging, Girardot has traced the intellectual biography of James Legge -- Scottish missionary, Oxford scholar, translator of Chinese religious texts, and founder of the sinological discipline.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 751-757) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520215524
- OCLC:
- 46448984
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