Léon Wieger (born 9 July 1856 in

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- died 25 March 1933 in

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

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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
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