In his view, most researchers of Chinese writing have very little knowledge of American civilizations, while very few scholars of Mesoamerican archeology are versed in Chinese culture. There has never been any contact between the two fields of research, so it is hardly surprising if no-one ever made comparisons in the area of writing.
在他眼中，中國文字學者一般對美洲文明不甚了了，而研究中美洲考古學的學者們又少精通中國文化，兩者沒有交集，又怎難怪一直沒有人朝文字下功夫？