As I point out in my book, the first case we have of somebody using a Chinese assistant was actually a Portuguese assistant using a slave--he bought some books and also bought a Chinese slave to read them.
我想 Legge 和王韜的關係比這個故事好得多，但他倆的關係亦不無緊張處。其實我在書中一開始就點出了這樣的現象，那個十五世紀的葡萄牙人就很聰明，既然買了中國書，順便也買個中國奴隸來讀書嘛！