Author: LEGGE, JAMES (Transl.):
Title: The Ch'un Ts'ew, with the Tso Chuen. Containing Dukes Yin, Hwan, Chwang, Min, He, Wan, Seuen and Ch'ing; and the Prolegomena. Two volumes. (The Chinese Classics. Volume V:I-II). London, Henry Frowde, Oxford University Press, & Hongkong, Printed at the London Missionary Society's Printing Office, no date (about 1875-80).
Description: . Large 8vo. Pp. x, 147 + pp. 410; pp. iv, pp. 411-933. Text in Chinese and English. With two folding maps coloured in outline. Partly uncut, some annotations in the first part. Publisher's cloth, somewhat worn. Bookplate (R.S.B.). This is the first English translation of the Chunqiu or "the Spring and Autumn annals", the monthly chronicle of the regional state of Lu from 722 - 479 BC. The Tso Chuen or "the Commentary of Zhuo" is a commentary and parallel version to the chronicle Chunqui. This is the first English translation of the Chunqiu or "the Spring and Autumn annals", the monthly chronicle of the regional state of Lu from 722 - 479 BC. The Tso Chuen or "the Commentary of Zhuo" is a commentary and parallel version to the chronicle Chunqui. James Legge, Scottish sinologist who served in China for about 34 years was a prolific translator of Classical Chinese texts. Cordier BS 1368.Cordier BS 1368.This set of works titled the Chinese Classics was first published in seven volumes at Hong Kong in 1871. We believe this is a reprint, and the first British edition. Another revised edition appeared in 1893-5 at Oxford (Clarendon Press). Provenance: Richard S. Björkdahl (1888-1980), Swedish missionary in China 1913-45 (Jianli, Wuchang, Yichang, Huangzhou, Henan).

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