Richard Wilhelm (10 May 1873 – 2 March 1930) was a German sinologist, theologian and missionary.

He had the gift of being able to listen without bias to the revelations of a foreign mentality, and to accomplish that miracle of empathy which enabled him to make the intellectual treasures of China accessible to Europe...he could not help recognizing the logic and clarity of Chinese thought... it had overwhelmed him and assimilated him.Lau Nui Suan introduced Wilhelm to Chinese yoga philosophy and the psychology of the I Ching.

[2] His son Hellmut Wilhelm was also a sinologist, and was professor of Chinese at the University of Washington.

Wilhelm was a close friend of the renowned Chinese educator and diplomat Dr. Li Linsi.

[3] The Richard Wilhelm Translation Centre at Ruhr-Universität Bochum was founded in 1993 by Helmut Martin.