该书是一个选编本,由三篇文本构成,分别是维森博格的《西方古典语文学简史》、厄森胡特的《西方古代修辞术简史》以及耶格尔的《文本考据》。三篇文本分别扼要介绍了西方的古典语文学史、古代修辞学史和文本考据学(校勘学),头两篇提供的是西方古典学的历史概 The book is an anthology compiled by three texts, namely, “Brief History of Western Classical Chinese Literature” by Wiesenberg, “Brief History of Western Ancient Rhetoric” by Eisenhüt and “Textual Criticism by Yeager ”. The three texts briefly introduce the western history of classical Chinese literature, the history of ancient rhetoric and textual research (collation), the first two provide the history of Western classical studies