Richard Wilhelm (sinologist)
Richard Wilhelm | |
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I Ching (Yi jing) translation | |
Children | Hellmut Wilhelm |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Chinese literature |
Institutions | University of Frankfurt |
Chinese name | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Wèi Lǐxián |
Wade–Giles | Wei4 Li3-hsien2 |
Richard Wilhelm (10 May 1873 – 2 March 1930) was a German
"Wilhelm was a truly religious spirit, with an unclouded and far-sighted view of things. He had the gift of being able to listen without bias to the revelations of a foreign mentality, and to accomplish that miracle of empathy which enabled him to make the intellectual treasures of China accessible to Europe...he could not help recognizing the logic and clarity of Chinese thought... it had overwhelmed him and assimilated him.
— C.G. Jung"[2]
Lau Nui Suan introduced Wilhelm to Chinese yoga philosophy and the psychology of the I Ching.[2]
His son Hellmut Wilhelm was also a sinologist, and was professor of Chinese at the University of Washington. Wilhelm was a close friend of the renowned Chinese educator and diplomat Dr. Li Linsi.[3]
The Richard Wilhelm Translation Centre at
References
- ^ Richard Wilhelm at School of Wisdom
- ^ Aniela Jaffe (1961) Memories, Dreams, Reflectionsby C.G. Jung, translated by Richard and Clara Winston, page 375
- ^ Taylor, Wong. "Rediscovering a Chinese legend: The untold wartime tale of Dr Li Linsi". China Daily.
- ^ Busche, Christian; Schiller, Beate. "The Richard Wilhelm Translation Centre". www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
Further reading
- Hentze, Carl (1930). "Richard Wilhelm". Artibus Asiae (in French). 3 (4): 232–5.
- Pelliot, Paul (1930). "Nécrologie – Richard Wilhelm". T'oung Pao (in French). 27 (2/3): 237–9.
- Lackner, Michael. "Richard Wilhelm, a 'Sinicized' German Translator." (Archive) In: Alleton, Vivianne and Michael Lackner (editors). ISBN 273510768X, 9782735107681.
External links
- Richard Wilhelm (sinologist) in the German National Library catalogue
- Das Buch der Wandlungen, German translation
- Laotse - Tao Te King, German translation
- I Ching Translated by Richard Wilhelm, English translation
- Laotse - Tao Te King, English translation
- Works by Richard Wilhelm at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Richard Wilhelm at Internet Archive
- Works by Richard Wilhelm at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Newspaper clippings about Richard Wilhelm in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW