摘要放眼海内外,钱锺书（一九一〇-一九九八）堪称学富五车的人文主义学者,比之埃里希·奥尔巴赫（Erich Auerbach）与恩斯特·罗伯特·库尔提斯（Ernst Robert Curtius）两位大家也毫不逊色,而且,钱先生精通五六门欧洲语言（包括英语、法语、德语、意大利语、西班牙语和拉丁语等）,不仅在西方文化方面有着深厚的造诣,又深谙中国古典文化,是一位百科全书式的学者。
1Pierre Ryckmans, "Fou de chinois," LeMonde, JunelO,1983,p.15.
2In my univeity library, the hook is put under PL anyway, but that is totally arbitrary and misleading, because PL usually covers books in Chinese literature.
3C. T. Hsia, A History of Modem Chinese Fiction, 2nd ed. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1971), p. 434.
4G. E. R. Lloyd, Ancient Worlds, Modern Reflections: Philosophical Perspectives on Greek and Chinese Science and Culture (Oxford: Clarendon, 2004), p. 102.
5Pierre Ryckmans, "Fou de chinois," Le Monde, June 10, 1983, p. 15.
6In my university library, the book is put under PL anyway, but that is totally arbitrary and misleading, because Pie usually covers books in Chinese literature.
7C.T. Hsia, A History of Modern Chinese Fiction, 2"d ed. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1971), p. 434.
8G. E. R. Lloyd, Ancient Worlds, Modern Reflections: Philosophical Perspectives on Greek and Chinese Science and Culture (Oxford: Clarendon, 2004), p.102.
