# Abel - Rémusat — Tao Te Ching character guide

> Abel - Rémusat in Tao Te Ching by Laozi.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Rémusat, M. Abel - Rémusat

**First appearance:** 0005-tao-te-ching

## Who they are

French sinologist who studied Chinese philosophy and language.

## Relationships

### [Laozi](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tao_te_ching_se/characters/laozi)

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Abel-Rémusat was a pioneering French sinologist who translated and studied the Tao Te Ching, introducing it to European academia.

## In the story

### [What Is the Meaning of the Name Tao? And the Chief Points of the Belief in Taoism](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/tao_te_ching_se/chapters/what-is-the-meaning-of-the-name-tao-and-the-chief-points-of-the-belief-in-taoism)

First professor of Chinese in Paris; suggested that 'Tao' could be translated by the Greek 'λόγος' in the triple sense of sovereign being, reason, and word.

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