The Victorian Translation of China: James Legge's Oriental Pilgrimage

In this magisterial study, Norman J. Girardot focuses on James Legge (1815—1897), one of the most important nineteenth—century figures in the cultural exchange between China and the West. A translator—transformer of Chinese texts, Legge was a pioneering cross—cultural pilgrim within missionary circles in China and within the academic world of Oxford University. By tracing Legge's career and his close association with Max Müller (1823—1900), Girardot elegantly brings a biographically embodie...