Schlegel set the tone for later Orientalists .
But the final blow to Lacouperie 's comparativist theories came when the University of Leiden sinologist , Gustav Schlegel dismissed his claims and insisted on the independent origin and autonoumous growth of Chinese civilisation .
Gustav Schlegel set the tone for later Orientalists .
But the final blow to Lacouperie 's comparativist theories came when the University of Leiden sinologist , Gustav Schlegel dismissed his claims and insisted on the independent origin and autonoumous growth of Chinese civilisation .