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法国人并不具有从事海外贸易的特殊天赋,但这并不能阻止他们之中的某些人在地理大发现时代,试图跻身葡萄牙人、荷兰人、意大利人和英国人等热衷的海外贸易竞争的大游戏中。其中有些法国人幸运地获得了某些成功,但大部分人无所收获,其美好的幻想破灭。法国与远东进行商业交流的四个世纪,是以失望和沮丧为标志的,但法国人并未由此吸取失败的教训。
The French do not have the special gift of engaging in overseas trade. However, this does not prevent some of them from competing in the great discovery of geography and trying to compete among the enthusiastic overseas trade competitions such as the Portuguese, the Dutch, the Italians and the British Big game. Some of them were fortunate to some success, but most did not reap the benefits and their beautiful illusions were shattered. Four centuries of commercial exchanges between France and the Far East are marked by disappointment and frustration, but the French did not learn the lesson of failure.