在美国以及在其他国家的一些人,对五四运动以来的中国现代、当代文学的作者和创作都感到很大兴趣,并且深表敬慕。在当时那个年代里,除了商人和传教士以外,还有少数有志的(美国)男女青年到中国来,了解她的悠久而又古老的文化。他们曾经受业于中国一些著名的汉学家。他们中有些人,目睹着当时军阀,帝 Some people in the United States and in other countries are very interested and deeply adored in the writings and creations of modern and contemporary Chinese literature since the May Fourth Movement. In those days, there were a handful of ambitious (American) young men and women who came to China to learn about her long, ancient culture, in addition to businessmen and missionaries. They have been employed by some famous sinologists in China. Some of them witnessed the warlords and the emperor at the time