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Richard Wilhelm (sinologist)

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Richard Wilhelm (sinologist)
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Wilhelm translated the I Ching from Chinese into German. Cary F. Baynes later used his version as the basis for an English translation. It is worth following both steps to see how a book can find a new readership through a translator working from an earlier translation.
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