孟德卫，美国著名汉学家。出生于1943年，现为贝勒大学历史与亚洲研究教授，《中西文化交流杂志》的创刊者和编辑。主要研究领域为基督教在中国文化中的传播过程和地位，以及儒学在西方的发展和西方早期汉学研究的历程。在国内较有影响的著作有：《神奇的土地：耶稣会士的适应性和早期汉学的起源》、《被遗忘的杭州基督徒》、《灵肉之争中的山东（1650-1785）》，《莱布尼兹和儒学》。

史景迁（Jonathan D. Spence），1936年出生于英国，是国际知名的中国近现代史专家，1965—2008年在美国耶鲁大学历史系任教。著作极丰，主要有《追寻现代中国》、《雍正王朝之大义觉迷》、《太平天国》、《改变中国》、《曹寅与康熙》、《康熙》、《天安门》、《大汗之国：西方眼中的中国》、《王氏之死》、《利玛窦的记忆宫殿》、《胡若望的疑问》。

"A remarkable achievement...vivid...fluent, graceful.... A publishing event."—Boston Globe In this widely acclaimed history of modern China, Jonathan Spence achieves a fine blend of narrative richness and efficiency. Praised as "a miracle of readability and scholarly authority," (Jonathan Mirsky) The Search for Modern China offers a matchless introduction to China's history....(展开全部)

"A remarkable achievement...vivid...fluent, graceful.... A publishing event."—Boston Globe In this widely acclaimed history of modern China, Jonathan Spence achieves a fine blend of narrative richness and efficiency. Praised as "a miracle of readability and scholarly authority," (Jonathan Mirsky) The Search for Modern China offers a matchless introduction to China's history....(展开全部)

The leading textbook by the leading scholar. This text, the classic introduction to modern China for students and general readers, emerged from Spence’s highly successful introductory course at Yale, in which he traced the beginnings of modern China to internal developments beginning in the early 17th century. Strong on social and political history, as well as Chinese culture a...(展开全部)