Chinese Influence on Jung

I just read an interesting article by Murray Stein (Journal of Analytical Psychology, 2005, 50, 209-222.). He describes the relationship between Jung and Richard Wilhelm, the translater of the I Ching and The Secret of the Golden Flower (for which Jung wrote a wonderful introductory essay). Jung claimed that Wilhelm had influenced him more than any other individual in his life. According to Murray Stein, Jung envisioned himself and Wilhelm supporting a bridge between East and West. Jung felt such an exchange was of the greatest importance in balancing the Western attitude formed by the "one-sided rationalism of the Enlightenment," Stein, p. 219. His "relationship with Wilhelm and the integration of his contributions from Chinese culture and philosophy helped Jung to anchor himself even more profoundly than before in his own thinking." ibid. In a letter, Jung wrote that the text of The Secret of the Golden Flower "gave me undreamed of confirmation of my ideas about the mandala and the circumambulation of the center." (cited by Stein, p. 215) In other words, Jung realized that there is no linear psychological development, except possibly in childhood. Adult psychological development is a circling movement around a hidden inner center (the Self), spiraling into ever greater realization of the Self as true center--and creating mandalas is significant in this growth process.