He corrected major Chinese versions of Buddhist scriptures in comparison with Sanskrit texts and introduced the outcome widely to European academic societies, and in that way he played an important role in forming the basis of the modern Buddhism studies.
主要な漢訳経典との対校を行なうとともに、それらの成果をヨーロッパの学界に広く紹介するなど、近代的な仏教研究の基礎形成に大きな役割を果たした。