The first catalogue to mention Chinese books in Britain appeared in 1697 and relied upon the work of a visiting Chinese person who gravely listed a popular novel as a copy of the Mencius.
編目的是個中國訪客，卻把其中一本通俗小說寫成了孟子。不知道是他開老外的玩笑，還是與他合作的館員高估了自己的中文，或者只是兩個人用「拉丁文」交談的結果，我們不得而知。