Sun, Yiping2019-09-252019-09-252019-08-2020170009-4668http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/170688James Legge (1815–1897) and F. Max Muller (1823–1900) are the pioneers of oriental religious studies. Legge studied and translated the Indian Buddhist scriptures. Muller studied and translated Chinese Confucian and Taoist classics. They intersected with each other while compiling the book, Sacred Books of the East; and they supported each other during the “term controversy.” Together they promoted the spread of Eastern religions in Europe. This paper argues that the achievements of and the problems encountered by Legge and Muller in translating the Eastern classics are still a vivid reference for religious exchange and dialogue today.engChristian Study Centre on Chinese Religion and Culture, Chung Chi College, Shatin, Hong KongLegge, JamesstudyteachingFriedrich MaxAsianistslanguageoriental religious studiesIntercultural and contextual theologiesAsian theologiesArticle