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1、@FriedrichHIRTHCHINAandtheROMANORIENTResearchesintotheirAncientandMedievalRelationsasRepresentedinOldChineseRecordsChinaandtheRomanOrientàpartirde:CHINAANDTHEROMANORIENTbyFriedrichHIRTH(1845-1927)ARESPublishers,inc.,Chicago,1975.Unchangedreprintoftheedition:Shanghai&Hong
2、Kong,1885.MiseenformattexteparPierrePalpantwww.chineancienne.fr2ChinaandtheRomanOrientPREFACE@p.IIIAlthoughImayhopethattheresearchesformingthesubjectofthisvolumewillmeetwithsomeinterestonthepartofafewreadersinvariouscountries,Imustconfessthat,inwritingdowntheresultsofmys
3、tudies,IhaveendeavouredtopleasetheGermancriticratherthanthelearnedofanyothercountry.HavingmyselfstudiedthemethodofphilologicalresearchatthefeetofmasterslikeRitschlandHaupt,Iamkeenlysensibleoftheshortcomingsofthesenotes.Principalamongtheseistheselectionofauthoritiesforfac
4、tsconnectedwithclassicalantiquity.Ihaveonlytoooftenbeenobligedtodrawfromsecond-handsources,whichwouldbeconsideredunpardonableinthecaseofauthorsfortunateenoughtopursuetheirstudiesinthemidstofoneoftheImperialorRoyalLibrariesofEurope.Iamthereforeboundtourgethatthesesheetswe
5、rewrittenatShanghaiintheempireofChina,amidthebustleofbusinesslife;andthatincollectingthemostnecessaryin-formationrequiredtoprovemypoints,IhadchieflytodependupontheChineseandwesternworksofmyownlimitedlibrary.Thisisobviouslyp.IVagreatdrawbackinthecaseofwesternauthors;andit
6、constitutes,almostasgreatadifficultywhereChineseauthorsareconcerned.For,whateverfacilitieslifeinChinamayoffertoawesternstudentinthewayofpersonalencouragement,itwouldbeamistaketoassumethatitiseasyforaforeignerinthisEmpiretoobtainaccesstoagreatnumberofnativebooks,especiall
7、yrarebooks,whichhavetobecollectedaschancesforpurchasingthemmayoffer.ItismucheasiertopursuesuchstudiesinthelibrariesofParis,London,Berlin,Munich,orSt.Petersburgh,wherealltheimportantandinterestingworksinChineseliteraturearefoundtogether.IoweyetanotherapologytotheGermancri
8、tic.Why,myphilologicalcountrymenwillask,writeyourbookinEnglishaslongasyoucanwrite3ChinaandtheRomanOrien
