The popularity of the I Ching in Germany surpasses the imagination. The I Ching and the Daoist philosophy of Laozi are quite familiar to the Germans, even rivaling the respect given by Asians to the Greek philosophers Socrates and Plato.
《易經》在德國流傳廣遠超乎想像，德國人對《易經》或老子的道家思想完全不陌生，已可以媲美希臘大哲學家蘇格拉底、柏拉圖在東方人心目中佔有的崇高地位。