"The fate of sinological studies in the West has been an odd one," Professor Idema reflects. Noted French scholars such as S. Julien and A. P. L. Bazin began studying Yuan drama and the fiction of the Ming and Ching back in the nineteenth century.
「漢學在西方的命運很奇怪」，伊教授分析，早在十九世紀，法國最有名的漢學家 S. Julien 和 A. P. L. Bazin 等人，就開始研究元代雜劇和明清小說。