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James Legge est un sinologue, missionnaire et érudit écossais, connu pour être l'un des premiers et plus prolifiques traducteurs de textes classiques chinois vers l'anglais. Legge a été un représentant de la Société missionnaire de Londres à Malacca et à Hong Kong et a été le premier professeur de chinois à l'université d'Oxford . En association avec Max Müller, il a préparé la série monumentale Sacred Books of the East, publiée en 50 volumes entre 1879 et 1891. Wikipedia

✵ 20. décembre 1815 – 29. novembre 1897

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James Legge: Citations en anglais

“The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”

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James Legge

Bk. 14, Ch. 29 (p. 208)
Translations, The Confucian Analects

“The Master said, […] "Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles." […] "Have no friends not equal to yourself." […] "When you have faults, do not fear to abandon them."”

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James Legge

Bk. 1, Ch. 8 (p. 7)
Translations, The Confucian Analects

“When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.”

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James Legge

Bk. 4, Ch. 17 (p. 45)
Translations, The Confucian Analects

“When I walk along with two others, they may serve me as my teachers. I will select their good qualities and follow them, their bad qualities and avoid them.”

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Bk. 7, Ch. 21 (p. 87)
Translations, The Confucian Analects

“The scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar.”

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Bk. 14, Ch. 3 (p. 193)
Translations, The Confucian Analects

“To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage.”

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Bk. 2, Ch. 24 (p. 23)
Translations, The Confucian Analects

“The Master standing by a stream, said, "It passes on just like this, not ceasing day or night!"”

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Bk. 9, Ch. 16 (p. 115)
Translations, The Confucian Analects