美國著名學(xué)者、暢銷書《毛澤東傳》以及《我與中國》作者羅斯·特里爾的推薦語:

1.他從中國近代史的畫面中看見空白點，閱讀閑書時就像是一個從一大堆美麗碎屑中淘寶的人。

He finds something missing in the picture of recent Chinese history. Idling with books, he is like a magpie pouncing on beautiful bits of glass amidst an unpromising heap.

2.他與當今流行的美國文學(xué)寫作手法剛好相反，以小見大、推己及人，而不是把歷史的大事件，全都濃縮化解為個人的小敘述。

Moving from the small to the large, his way is the opposite of the current fashion in American literary writing, where large events shrink into personal cameos.

3.他無力改變這個世界，卻可以通過個人的完整一致來整合混亂，用備受訓(xùn)練的頭腦，在書中找尋到意義和慰藉。

Zhu cannot change the world, but he can bind up the confusion with a personal unity. The cultivated mind in books finds meanings that comfort and satisfy.

4.勝利不是外部的，僅屬于一個備有完好主權(quán)的頭腦。但這恰是一個非同小可的勝利。

The triumphs are not external but those of a sovereign mind. It is not a small victory.