人类总是在不断地重读自己创造的文明和历史,在这种重读文明和历史之中不断地重新发现自我理解自我。欲理解西方的文明和历史,欲在中西文化对话之中谙熟西方文化的基本语境和 Human beings are constantly re-reading the civilizations and histories that they have created, constantly rediscovering self-understanding of themselves in this re-read civilization and history. To understand the civilization and history in the West, I would like to be familiar with the basic context of Western culture and the cultural dialogue between China and the West.