From a shilling a peek to Arnold Toynbee's prediction that the 21st century will belong to East Asia, the mysterious veils of the Orient have gradually been peeled away layer by layer, and Chinese studies have achieved international recognition as an important academic discipline.
從一先令看一次中國人，到廿世紀史學家湯恩比喊出「廿一世紀將會是東亞人的世紀」；東方古國的神秘面紗，一層層地逐漸卸下。在西方漢學家長久以來的耕耘下，「中國研究」已然成為國際上專門而重要的學門之一。