Donald Holzman, head of the institute of higher Chinese studies at the Ecole des hautes etudes in Paris, is a modest, amiable, and unassuming gentleman, despite his forbidding title. His office, situated near the Eiffel Tower, is frequented by scholars engaged in lofty and animated discussions.
身兼法國高等社會科學研究院漢學負責人及高等漢學研究院院長的侯思孟教授，儘管「頭銜」顯赫，卻是位平易謙沖溫文中透著爽朗率真的長者。在他座落於艾菲爾鐵塔附近的辦公室內，總見學者們駐足其間，高談闊論。