J.J.L. Duyvendak

Jan Julius Lodewijk Duyvendak was a Dutch sinologist and professor of Chinese at Leiden University. He is known for his translation of The Book of Lord Shang and his studies of the Dao De Jing. He was coeditor of the renowned sinology journal Toung Pao with French scholar Paul Pelliot for several decades.

J. J. L. Duyvendak was born onJune 1889 in Harlingen, Netherlands. He matriculated into Leiden University as an undergraduate where he studied philology, and was soon introduced to Chinese by Dutch sinologist J.J.M. de Groot. In 1910 Duyvendak moved to Paris where he began more advanced studies in Chinese under douard Chavannes and Henri Cordier. From 1912 to 1918, Duyvendak worked as an interpreter at the Dutch embassy in Beijing before gaining a position at Leiden University in 1919. During World War II, Duyvendak worked to protect Jews living in the Netherlands from Nazi forces.

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