Richard Wilhelm was a German sinologist who translated several texts to German. For example I ging, Tao te king, Secret of the Golden Flower, Analects. In my opinion he gave great care for understanding the Chinese culture, not just viewing it through Western prejudices.

  • AsiaticusM
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    2 years ago

    By all means, a very hard-working man, after all his time in China he was changing slowly but surely from a missionary to a real Sinologist. At the end of his life he said: »Es ist mir ein Trost, daß ich als Missionar keinen Chinesen bekehrt habe«. “It is a comfort to me that, as a missionary, I have not converted any Chinese.”