Léon Wieger (born 9 July 1856 in

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- died 25 March 1933 in

Xian County Xian County or Xianxian () is a county in the east of Hebei province of China. It is under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Cangzhou. Administrative divisions Towns: * Leshou (), Huaizhen (), Guozhuang (), Hechengjie () Tow ...

Hebei Hebei or , (; alternately Hopeh) is a northern province of China. Hebei is China's sixth most populous province, with over 75 million people. Shijiazhuang is the capital city. The province is 96% Han Chinese, 3% Manchu, 0.8% Hui, an ...

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), was a French

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missionary, medical doctor, theologist and sinologist who worked at the Catholic Jesuit mission in

Hejian Hejian (; alternative romanizations: Ho Dsie Ho-kien

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is a county-level city under the administration of the prefecture-level city of Cangzhou, in the east-central part of Hebei province, China. , the population was ca. 895,000 inhabitants a ...

, together with

Séraphin Couvreur Séraphin Couvreur (; EFEO Chinese transcription: kóu sái fēn; 14 January 1835 – 19 November 1919) was a French Jesuit missionary to China, sinologist, and creator of the EFEO Chinese transcription. The system devised by Couvreur of the � ...

. He has published numerous books, on Chinese culture, Taoism, Buddhism and Chinese language.

Notes

References

* L. Bresner 1997, The Fathers of Sinology: From the Ricci Method to Leon Wieger's Remedie

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Short biography and quotes of people praising Wieger
(in French) 1856 births 1933 deaths French sinologists 19th-century French Jesuits 20th-century French Jesuits French Roman Catholic missionaries 19th-century French physicians French male non-fiction writers Jesuit missionaries in China French expatriates in China Roman Catholic medical missionaries {{France-nonfiction-writer-stub