Compared to other European countries (sinology faculties or institutes were set up in France in 1814, Britain in 1825 and the Netherlands in 1875) the development of sinology in Germany got off to a slow start.
相較於其歐洲他國家（法國於一八一四年、英國於一八二五年、荷蘭於一八七五年成立漢學系所），德國在漢學方面的發展算是遠遠落後。