So what's with the more formal, antiquated register? Just a choice on Legge's part, or is it governed by anything?
"All the black-haired race, in all their surnames, Universally practise your virtue." this is odd as it suggests an extra-racial comparison point, and also collapses this tale of individual piety into 'absolutely everyone does this'.
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Re: 166. 天保 - Tian Bao
Date: 2021-03-23 10:12 am (UTC)"All the black-haired race, in all their surnames,
Universally practise your virtue." this is odd as it suggests an extra-racial comparison point, and also collapses this tale of individual piety into 'absolutely everyone does this'.