His Robinson Crusoe was completed in 1719, when China, under the Qing emperor Kangxi, enjoyed prosperity and abundance, and its international trade reached to the four corners of the Earth. In Europe, the craze for China's philosophy, agricultural economy and decorative arts was still in full swing.
他的《魯賓遜漂流記》成書於一七一九年，中國正當康熙盛世，物阜民豐，國際貿易無遠弗屆；在歐洲，哲學、農經、裝飾藝術上的中國熱也方興未艾。