研究中西文化交流史有一个难解的症结 :平等的交流有无可能？许多研究者认为始于四百年前的中西文化交流是不平等的 ,有些学者虽然认为它在某些方面具有平等的性质 ,但不敢明确从总体上将之定性为一场平等的交流 ,张西平在他的新著《中国与欧洲早期宗教和哲学交流史》（以下简 There is an undeniable crux of studying the history of Sino-Western cultural exchanges: is it possible to have equal exchanges? Many researchers think that the cultural exchange between China and the West started four hundred years ago is not equal. Although some scholars think it is equal in some aspects, it is not clear to them that it is generally defined as an equal exchange. In his new book, Zhang Xi-ping’s History of Early Religions and Philosophies in China and Europe (below)