Viktor von Strauß und Torney
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Friedrich Viktor Strauß (Victor Strauss),[1] from 1852 von Strauß, and from 1872 von Strauß und Torney (Bückeburg, 18 September 1809 – 1 April 1899 in Dresden) was a princely minister, church poet, and Ehrenbürger of Dresden. He had a D. theol. degree from Leipzig University, and was known as a scholar of religious history and translator from Chinese. In 1870 he published the first scientifically recognized German translation of the Tao Te Ching,[2] and in 1880 the first complete German translation of the Classic of Poetry.
He made a contribution to Germany gypsy romance literature genre with the story of Tuvia Panti, in the tragicomic novella Mitteilungen aus den Akten betreffend den Zigeuner Tuvia Panti aus Ungarn (1871).[3]
Selected works
- Victor von Strauss: Laò-Tsè’s Taò Tĕ Kīng. Friedrich Fleischer, Leipzig 1870; new edition as "Victor von Strauß: Lao-Tse. Tao Tê King", edited and introduced by W. Y. Tonn. Manesse, Zürich 1951. (translation and comments revised)