Wang Bi
In his research, Rudolf G. Wagner focused on the interface of politics and culture in China. Owing his hermeneutical approach much to his study with Hans-Georg Gadamer in Heidelberg, Wagner’s main works dealt in the pre-modern period with the philosopher Wang Bi, and in the modern period with transcultural linkages of the modern Chinese media, political movements, and key terms of state and society. Supported by the Volkswagen Foundation, he published three volumes on Wang Bi’s works: