chapter 33

    t translating to be done, y of time, and Dr. Legge , and t is a dozen omes. tity of ainly stupendous,  of ty. In presence of t afraid to speak. Nevert must be confessed t t altogetisfy us. Mr. Balfour justly remarks t in translating t deal depends upon terminology employed by translator. No terminology employed by Dr. Legge is e, and in some places, almost unidiomatic. So far for to tter,

    ton speak for us. quot;Dr. Legges oes on Mencius, quot;;s Dr. Legge  a panding of ; e are certain t Dr. Legge could not ranslated t ried to conceive and so eaced  is extraordinary t neites nor in ations  slip a single pence to s eaco be, as a poget on t by any means be accepted as final, and translator of t to come. Since tioned, many books ten on C is true, of really great scic importance; but none,  turning point.

    First, t;Notes on Cerature. quot; It is, alogue, and not a book erary pretension at all. Anote Mr. Mayerss quot;C; It is certainly not a  can lay claim to any degree of perfection. Nevert is a very great   conscientious and unpretending of all t ten on Cs usefulness, moreover, is inferior only to tzu-Erhomas ade.

    Anote is Mr.  A. Giles of tisage of a clear, vigorous, and beautiful

    style. Every object ouc once clear and luminous. But ions,  been quite fortunate in ts ion is t;Strange Stories from a Cudio,quot; ranslation from t tiful literary  t be, belongs yet not to t specimens of Cerature.

    Next to Dr.Legges labours, Mr.Balfours recent translation of tzu is a ainly t ambition. e confess to  ation and delig of an Englisering to be one of t perfect of t specimens of tional literature. Since its appearance turies before tian era, terature of Co ts effect upon t of tical and imaginative literature of succeeding dynasties is almost as exclusive as t of t Mr.Balfours  a translation at all; it is simply a mistranslation. t to pass upon a  , and it ed of us to make good our judgment. e believe Mr. Balfour o raise tion of true interpretation of tzu. quot;But,quot;_e from t editor of t;in reading a book, it is necessary to understand first true tences, t of t of all, can you get at tral proposition of ter.quot; Noranslation bears marks t  understood t  construed tences correctly, and t  of tions rue, as ts regarding rules of grammar and syntax, it t Mr. Balfour ral proposition of wers.

    But of all t day o place ton at t t Mr. Fabers labours are of more scic value or a erary merit t  almost every sentence ten serary and p find in any ot time.  o be  reserve for t portion of t paper, o state ts of Chinese scholarship.