In that time,western people always think Chinese culture is lower than western culture.There doesn't exist a great way to introduce Chinese culture to western world.Mr.Gu used English to write this book.He wrote the Chinese culture in his mind and let western world know Chinese culture better. It doesn't just good to western people who don't know Chinese culture,it's also good to Chinese to know our culture better.He wrote Chinese women,language and scholarship.He also wrote something about John Smith in China.He believed sinology is great and wanted people all of world to know the spirit of the Chinese people.