German Protestant missionary-turned-Sinologist who spent 25 years in China, mastered Chinese, and produced the translations of the I Ching and The Secret of the Golden Flower that Jung collaborated on — his translations are still the most respected in the field.
Gave Jung the Chinese alchemical text (The Secret of the Golden Flower) that confirmed Jung's own alchemical investigations were on universal tracks — Wilhelm's translations provided Jung with comparative material demonstrating that European and Chinese traditions independently arrived at similar psychological insights.
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