一个语言学家的成就与其语言背景和早年研究经历有莫大的关系。本文简述著名语言学家韩礼德早年从事汉语教学和研究的经历,分析这段经历对其日后研究的影响。早年经历的回顾以时间轴为主线,相关影响的分析则从汉语研究和功能语言学的创立与发展两个角度入手。 The achievements of a linguist have a great relationship with their language background and their early research experience. This article outlines the experience of famous linguist Halliday in his early years in Chinese teaching and research, and analyzes the impact of this experience on his future research. The review of early experiences takes the timeline as the main line and the analysis of related influences starts with the establishment and development of Chinese studies and functional linguistics.