Hon TK, Weis A (2023)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2023
Book Volume: 71
Pages Range: 489-515
Journal Issue: 2
DOI: 10.1080/02549948.2023.2263291
In this article, we examine the German context within which Richard Wilhelm (1873–1930) completed his translation of the Yijing (Book of Changes). Particularly we focus on the decades-long partnership between Wilhelm and the Baltic philosopher Hermann Keyserling (1880–1946), who not only shaped his political view but also encouraged him to use the Yijing to speak to his fellow Germans in times of crisis. We argue that this partnership was crucial in transforming Wilhelm into a translator-educator. Finally, after spending years to translate and re-translate the Yijing, Wilhelm came to the conclusion that the classic was not merely a Chinese text from the Confucian canon. Instead, he viewed it as a “world literature” (Weltliteratur) that dispensed profound wisdom to people around the world, including Germans who suffered from the catastrophe of WWI.
APA:
Hon, T.-K., & Weis, A. (2023). Politics, Leadership, and Wisdom: The Making of the I Ging in 1920s Germany 政治現實、政治家、及政治智慧——I Ging 與一戰後的德國. Monumenta Serica - Journal of Oriental Studies, 71(2), 489-515. https://doi.org/10.1080/02549948.2023.2263291
MLA:
Hon, Tze-Ki, and Andreas Weis. "Politics, Leadership, and Wisdom: The Making of the I Ging in 1920s Germany 政治現實、政治家、及政治智慧——I Ging 與一戰後的德國." Monumenta Serica - Journal of Oriental Studies 71.2 (2023): 489-515.
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