WANG Tao and the Spread of the Eastern Knowledge to the West

In the middle of the 19th century, WANG Tao, one of the firstgeneration thinkers, cooperated with James Legge, translated a lot of Chinese classics into English. Thus he shouldered the task to introduce the Chinese culture to the West. In the two years he traveled in Europe, he introduced the Chinese culture to the westerners by giving lectures, which made great contribution to the understanding of the modern Europe of China.