The Company invested more in language training after this and Flint's place was taken by Thomas Bevan. When Bevan retired in 1773, however, the number of language students remained barely adequate for the Company's needs--perhaps due to the reluctance of any more Chinese to martyr themselves in the cause of British sinology.
倒是弗林特的繼任者並不死心，繼續訓練語言人才，可是直到他退休，成效仍然不彰。大概是沒有中國助手再願意為英國漢學先驅慷慨殉道了！