Sacred Books of China
The Sacred Books of China , translated by the British sinologist James Legge , form a group of six volumes within the Sacred Books of the East collection edited by Max Müller - volumes 3, 16, 27, 28, 39, 40 - in which various Chinese Confucian ones Texts ( Shujing , Shi Jing (partly), Xiaojing , Yijing , Liji ) and Daoist texts ( Daodejing , Zhuangzi ) are translated into English.
The series seems a bit cumbersome, on the one hand because of the transcription system never used outside this collection , on the other hand because of the multiple counts (1st to the entire series, 2nd to the six Sacred Books of China per se, 3rd the counts within the two parts) .
Overview
| Band ( SBE ) | Publishing year | translator | Title and content |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 1879 | James Legge | The Sacred Books of China, vol. 1 of 6. Part I of The Texts of Confucianism . The Shû king. The religions portions of the Shih king. The Hsiâo king. |
| 16 | 1882 | James Legge | The Sacred Books of China, vol. 2 of 6. Part II of The Texts of Confucianism . The Yi King: ( I Ching ). |
| 27 | 1885 | James Legge | The Sacred Books of China, vol. 3 of 6. Part III of the texts of Confucianism . The Lî Kî, part 1 of 2. |
| 28 | 1885 | James Legge | The Sacred Books of China, vol. 4 of 6. Part IV of the texts of Confucianism . The Lî Kî, part 2 of 2. |
| 39 | 1891 | James Legge | The Texts of Taoism , Part 1 of 2. The Sacred Books of China, vol. 5 of 6. Also: The Tâo the king ( Tao te Ching ): The writings of Kwang-tze , books I-XVII. |
| 40 | 1891 | James Legge | The Texts of Taoism , Part 2 of 2. Includes The Writings of Kwang Tse , books XVII-XXXIII, The Thâi-shang tractate of actions and their retributions, other Taoist texts, and the Index to vols. 39 and 40. |