Davis wrote this in 1822, but the problem has still not been solved today. I hope that my book can awaken people from the illusion that there is a great tradition of British sinology.
揭開「偉大傳統」的幻象他在一八二二年寫下這段話，不過今天看來，同樣的疑問仍沒有解決，英國對亞洲研究還是不夠關心。