Kristofer Schipper
Kristofer Schipper | |
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Born | Eda Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden | 23 October 1934
Died | 18 February 2021[1] Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands | (aged 86)
Occupation | Sinologist |
Spouses | Wendela Gorter (m. 1962)Yuan Bingling (m. 2000) |
Children | 5 |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Paris |
Doctoral advisor | Maxime Kaltenmark |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Sinology Taoism |
Institutions | Fuzhou University |
Kristofer Marinus Schipper (23 October 1934 – 18 February 2021), also known as Rik Schipper and by his Chinese name Shi Zhouren (
Early life and education
Schipper was born in Järnskog, Eda Municipality, on 23 October 1934. Schipper grew up near Edam, Netherlands.
His father, Klaas Abe Schipper, was a Mennonite pastor, and his mother Johanna Schipper was a devout believer. The couple was declared “Righteous Among the Nations” by Israel's Yad Vashem Holocaust remembrance center, for their efforts in hiding Jewish people during the German occupation of Holland in World War II.[3]
Research
Schipper studied in
Schipper became a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1995.[4]
Library of the Western Belvedere
In 2001, Kristofer Schipper and his wife Dr. Yuan Bingling founded the first library in China specialised in western art, literature, and culture, in Fuzhou. It is called the "Library of the Western Belvedere" or "Xiguan cangshulou 西观藏书楼" (Fuzhou University Global Civilization Research Center and Library of the Western Belvedere.)[citation needed]
With his library, they intend to make western literature more accessible to Chinese scientists. The collection consisted, in 2007, of about 25000 titles on literature, art history, and philosophy in many languages, such as English, French, German, Dutch, and other western languages.[citation needed]
Bibliography
- The Taoist Canon, ed. Kristofer Schipper and Franciscus Verellen, The University of Chicago Press 2005, ISBN 978-0-226-73817-8.
- The Taoist Body. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993.
- Schipper, Kristofer, Tao. De levende religie van China, Amsterdam (Meulenhoff) 1988, ISBN 90-290-7731-X(5e druk 2006).
- Translation by Schipper of his Le corps taoïste. Corps physique, corps social, Parijs (Fayard) 1982.
- ISBN 90-290-5619-3
- Zhuang Zi, De volledige geschriften. Het grote klassieke boek van het taoïsme, transl. from the Chinese and annotated by Kristofer Schipper, Amsterdam (Uitgeverij Augustus) 2007, ISBN 978-90-457-0085-4, 439 pg.
References
- ^ Cheng Lee Song on Sohu.com (Chinese text)
- ^ Verellen, Franciscus. "In Memoriam Kristofer Schipper". EFEO. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
- ^ "Rik Schipper" (in Dutch). Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2 December 2020.
External links
- "Early list of publications". Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
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- Schipper in the Library of the Western Belvedere.
- Reference to three interviews (in Dutch).
- Schipper received permanent residency in China in 2005.
- K. Schipper audio archives of Ritual Music in Taiwan
- Johnson, Ian (4 April 2021). "Kristofer Schipper, Influential China Scholar, Dies at 86". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 5 April 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2021.