Wolfgang Bauer (Sinologist)
Wolfgang Leander Bauer (born February 23, 1930 in Halle (Saale) , † January 14, 1997 in Munich ) was a German sinologist .
Life
Bauer was the son of the Semitist Hans Bauer . After studying Sinology, Japanese Studies, Mongolian Studies and Philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , he received his doctorate there in 1953 with the thesis "Chang Liang and Ch'en P'ing, two politicians from the founding time of the Han dynasty" . During his time as a research assistant at the East Asian Institute (1954–1960) , he completed his habilitation in 1959 with the work "The Chinese personal name: the educational laws and the main meanings of Ming, Tzu and Hsiao-Ming" . Initially a private lecturer , he went to Michigan University , Ann Arbor as a visiting professor in 1960 , before accepting an appointment at Heidelberg University in 1962. There he built up the Institute for Sinology until he took up his position in Munich in 1966. There he was full professor for East Asian culture and linguistics until 1997 and at times also head of the institute of the same name. Visiting professorships have taken him to US universities, including Harvard, Berkeley, Yale, Princeton, Columbia and Seattle, to Australia and Japan. Since 1985 he has been a full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .
His translation of Chinese novellas ( Xiaoshuo ) Die goldene Trruhe (1959, with Herbert Franke ) found widespread use .
Works
- China and the hope of happiness. 1971.
- The face of China. 1990.
- History of Chinese Philosophy. Published posthumously in 2001.
- Publications on Chinese comics and detective novels.
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Bauer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Helwig Schmidt-Glintzer : On the death of Wolfgang Bauer (February 23, 1930– January 14, 1997). In: News of the Society for Nature and Ethnology of East Asia. Issue 161/162 (1997), pp. 25-29.
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.zo.uni-heidelberg.de/sinologie/institute/
- ↑ Member entry by Wolfgang Bauer (with a link to an obituary) at the Bavarian Academy of Sciences , accessed on January 7, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bauer, Wolfgang |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bauer, Wolfgang Leander (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sinologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 23, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Halle (Saale) |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 1997 |
| Place of death | Munich |