Translating Chinese Classics in a Colonial Context

Translating Chinese Classics in a Colonial Context PDF Author: Hui Wang
Publisher: Peter Lang
ISBN: 9783039116317
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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Book Description
This work subjects James Legge's Confucian translations to a postcolonial perspective, with a view of uncovering the subtle workings of colonialist ideology in the seemingly innocent act of translation. The author uses the example of Legge's two versions of the 'Zhonguong' to illustrate two distinctive stages of his sinological scholarship.