# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/hellmut-wilhelm
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:59:43.691Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/hellmut-wilhelm"
name: "Hellmut Wilhelm"
slug: "hellmut-wilhelm"
description: "Hellmut Wilhelm was a German Sinologist known for his studies of both Chinese literature and Chinese history. Wilhelm was an expert on the ancient Chinese divination text I Ching , which he believed to represent the essence of Chinese thought. He also produced one of the most widely used German-Chinese dictionaries of the 20th century. He held teaching positions at Peking University and the University of Washington."
tagline: "German sinologist (1905–1990)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1905-12-10"
deathDate: "1990-07-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.68
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.010944
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A1%9B%E5%BE%B7%E6%98%8E"
    title: "衛德明"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%87%D9%84%D9%85"
    title: "هلموت ويلهلم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D9%84%D9%85%D9%88%D8%AA_%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%87%D9%84%D9%85"
    title: "هلموت ويلهلم"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellmut_Wilhelm"
    title: "Hellmut Wilhelm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellmut_Wilhelm"
    title: "Hellmut Wilhelm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellmut_Wilhelm"
    title: "Hellmut Wilhelm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellmut_Wilhelm"
    title: "Hellmut Wilhelm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellmut_Wilhelm"
    title: "Hellmut Wilhelm"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q91414"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump