欧洲启蒙时代思想家伏尔泰的目光远远延伸到了他从未踏足的东方中国。二百多年前,大量对中国的研究使伏尔泰发问:“是什么原因造成中国科技停滞不前?”伏尔泰与中国出生于法国贵族之家的伏尔泰,31岁时就以文才而名满天下:他创作的戏剧经常在宫廷内的剧场上演,他出版的诗集常 The eyes of Voltaire, a thinker in the Enlightenment of Europe, extended far beyond East China, where he never set foot. Two hundred years ago, a large number of studies in China made Voltaire ask: “What causes China’s science and technology to stagnate?” Voltaire and China Voltaire, born in France’s aristocratic house, He is famous for his talents: his plays are often staged in theaters in the court, and his published poems often