在一九三Ο年以前,美国虽有少数大学开设有关中国的课程,但大都效法欧洲学术传统,聊备一格;而主要教授如果不是来自欧洲,便是曾在中国居留通晓中国语文的传教士。对中国文化作了高深研究而有特殊成就的美国学者,实自三十年代才开始。当时,由于美国学术团体的提倡和基金会的支助,美国学者开始前往中国留学访问,从事专业的学术研究。他们回国后在各大学或学术机构从事教学、研究和著述,并培养第二代和以后的青年汉学家,对中美文化交流作出了一定的贡献,顾立雅(Herrlee G.crcel, Although a few universities in the United States started courses on China in 1930, most of them follow the example of European academic traditions. However, if the principal professor is not from Europe, he or she has had a Chinese missionary mission in China Disabilities American scholars who have made profound research on Chinese culture and have made special achievements have only started their work in the 1930s. At that time, American scholars started to visit China for professional academic research because of the advocacy of American academic groups and the foundation’s support. After returning to China, they engaged in teaching, researching and writing at universities or academic institutions and trained young sinologists of the second generation and beyond to make some contribution to the cultural exchange between China and the United States. Herrlee G.crcel,