James Legge

Scottish missionary and translator (1815–1897).

Born December 20th, 1815 in Huntly.

Died November 29th, 1897 at 81 years old in Oxford.

Occupations
Christian minister, chaplain, lexicographer, linguist, missionary, pedagogue, sinologist, translator, university teacher
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When we finally know we are dying, and all other sentient beings are dying with us, we start to have a burning, almost heartbreaking sense of the fragility and preciousness of each moment and each being, and from this can grow a deep, clear, limitless compassion for all beings. Sogyal Rinpoche