Less than two years after its establishment, Nihei University began its sinology career under the guidance of erich Heinesch, Walter fuchs, Herbert Frank and others. In addition to majoring in sinology, Bao Wugang also took Japanese studies, Mongolian studies and philosophy, and studied Manchu, Sanskrit and Tibetan. 1953, aged 23, received his doctorate in the thesis entitled "Long Liang and Chen Ping der Han-dynastie", and then started his teaching assistant career at the Institute of East Asian Studies of Munich University (1954- 1960). During this period, I completed the 1959 thesis on the qualification of professor of Chinese studies. Since then, he has taught Sinology, participated in the establishment of Sinology at the University of Heidelberg in the autumn of 1962, and became the director professor of this subject the following year. 1966 at the invitation of his alma mater, the University of Munich, he returned from Heidelberg to teach at the Oriental College of the University of Munich and served as the director of the Institute of East Asian Studies. Although he received letters of appointment from other universities, Bao Wugang stayed at his alma mater until his death. During his teaching career, Bao Wugang was employed by the University of Michigan as a visiting professor for many times, and established and maintained close ties with American sinologists and East Asian researchers. He has worked in the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Washington in Seattle, Hongkong, Taiwan Province Province, Japan and Hawaii. In addition, Bao Wugang is a visiting professor at the University of California (1968- 1969), the University of Michigan (1977) and the Australian National University. Canberra) (1984), University of Tsukuba, Tokyo Institute of Philosophy (1984). During his long academic career, groups of China scholars trained by Bao Wugang have shined in German Sinology, and some of them have become international celebrities active in the cultural and economic fields. In the past 30 years, Bao Wugang has directed more than 100 master's theses at the University of Munich (the University of Munich did not set up a master's degree in sinology until 1969, and sinology was only a minor before that). He himself is the fourth doctor of sinology trained in East Asia. Now, the doctor of sinology who graduated from Munich University is close to three figures, and most of his doctoral theses are completed under his guidance. 1990, and was also employed as a sinology expert of the German Research Association. 1976- 1993 served as the chairman of the international affairs Committee of the german research society. /kloc-0 was elected as an academician of Bavarian academy of sciences in 1985, and/kloc-0 became an academician of Rhine-westfalen academy of sciences in 1992.
Bao Wugang's administration of Chinese studies has many family origins. He was born in a family with a strong interest in Asia in a broad sense. His father, Professor hans bauer, is a famous Arab and Semite, and his name is impressively listed in the German encyclopedia (Brockhaus Enzyklop? Die), is the German Oriental Institute Research Association (Deutsche Morgenl? Ndische Gesellschaft) Chairman. Bao Wugang inherited his father's business, but turned his attention to East Asia. According to him, he was worried that his father was too famous to make a breakthrough in the study of Central Asia. This difference of ideas has created the sinologist who has the greatest influence on German society and culture after Wei Lixian in this century. Bao Wugang visited China from May to June, 1977. 1997 65438+1October 14, Bao Wugang died.