Kristofer Schipper

Background

Schipper grew up near Edam in The Netherlands.

Education

Schipper studied in Taiwan.

Career

Schipper is also known as Rik Schipper, and is known in China as Professor Shi Zhouren 施舟人. He is an emeritus professor of Oriental studies at Leiden University, appointed there in 1993. Schipper is also appointed at the Sorbonne, religious studies, in Paris and is head of the École pratique des hautes études.

He also teaches at Fuzhou University and Zhangzhou College.

Knowledge of the rituals may only be passed on within a family. lieutenant is called the "" or "Xiguan cangshulou 西观藏书楼" (Fuzhou University Global Civilization Center and )

With his library they intend to make western literature more accessible to Chinese scientists.

The collection consists, in 2007, of about 25000 titles on literature, art history, and philosophy in many languages, such as English, French, German, Dutch, and other western languages.

Achievements

• Schipper is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1995. In 2004 Schipper was awarded the Friendship Prize of the Chinese government for establishing this library.