Many of the literati of the day were influenced by Wilhelm's translation of the I Ching. Herman Hesse, for example, went from being a pious Christian to a student of Buddhist, Daoist, and Confucian thought.
衛禮賢翻譯的《易經》影響當時許多作家文人，例如赫曼．赫塞就因此轉變對基督教的虔信態度，積極投入佛學、中國道家老莊思想及儒學研究。