Fortunately, a lot of us studied Latin and Greek in high school, so we knew that the only way to understand a different culture is to put in time and plug away at it. Q: And how did you come to study classical Chinese fiction?
幸好許多人在中學念過古希臘文、拉丁文，知道要瞭解一個遙遠而陌生的文化，唯一的辦法就是慢慢來不要急，多下苦功夫。問：那您又怎麼會從事中國古典小說的研究？