西人中國(guó)紀(jì)事：中國(guó)的文明（英）

　　《中國(guó)的文明》旨在向?qū)χ袊?guó)所知甚少的外國(guó)讀者介紹中國(guó)文明的歷史概況。書中簡(jiǎn)要介紹了一些中國(guó)文明進(jìn)程中值得關(guān)注的點(diǎn)，例如封建時(shí)代、法律和政府、女人和孩子、哲學(xué)、體育、娛樂(lè)等。 The China Yesterday series include a few Sinological and biographical works on the topics of Chinese history， literature， society， etc. All these works were written by foreigners and shed light on China in unique perspectives. The Civilization of China suggests a rough outline of Chinese civilization from the earliest times down to the early 20th century.

　　翟理斯（Herbert Allen Giles，1845—1935），1867年來(lái)到中國(guó)，歷任天津、寧波、漢口、廣州、汕頭、廈門、福州、上海、淡水等地英國(guó)領(lǐng)事館翻譯、領(lǐng)事等職，歸國(guó)后任劍橋大學(xué)教授。 Herbert Allen Giles （8 December 1845 – 13 February 1935） was a British diplomat and sinologist who was the professor of Chinese at Cambridge University for 35 years.