中国和法国,一个在亚洲东部,一个在欧洲西部,都是文化灿烂的大国,都有光荣的革命传统。但是在一个漫长的时期里,彼此并没有交往,甚至不知道对方的存在。最早沟通中法关系的倡议来自法国。七百五十年前,即十三世纪中期,法国国王路易九世和罗马教皇希望同蒙古帝国结成同盟,共同对付小亚细亚的突厥人帝国。 China and France, one in the eastern part of Asia and one in the western part of Europe, are all brilliant countries with glorious revolutionary traditions. However, during a long period of time, they did not interact with each other and did not even know each other’s existence. The earliest initiative to communicate Sino-French relations came from France. Five hundred and fifty years ago, the mid-thirteenth century, French King Louis IX and the Pope wanted to form an alliance with the Mongol Empire to jointly deal with the Turks empire in Asia Minor.