，信中不假掩饰地挑明了传统汉学所遭遇的困境，表达了对新兴的“区域研究”（Area Major）的强烈不满，提出汉学家们应当彻底放弃汉学和汉学家这样名重一时的专业和称号，为自己在语言、文学、历史、哲学和语文学等专业学科中，重新选择一条学术出路，并按照那个学科通行的学术标准来要求自己，做一名可与所在学科同行们进行公平竞争的优秀学者。
众所周知，薛爱华是美国著名汉学家，是研究中国中古时期中西物质文化交流史的一位专家，他的名作《撒马尔罕的金桃： 唐代舶来品研究》是西方汉学研究史上的一部经典著作
（原版为： Edward H. Schafer,
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