多夫兰时代的德国,民族主义和殖民主义思潮占据了政界和媒体。作为自然科学家,多夫兰的难能可贵之处在于,他用自己的眼睛和头脑,对中国人的生活现状、对中国古老的文化,作出了独立的观察和判断。在结束东亚之行的次年,他就发表了自己的中国游记,试图纠正历史的偏见和现实政治的误导。 Germany in the time of Doverland occupied the political and media sectors with the currents of nationalism and colonialism. As a natural scientist, Dover’s commendable thing is that with his own eyes and minds, he has made independent observations and judgments about the present conditions of the Chinese people and the ancient Chinese culture. The following year after his trip to East Asia, he published his own travelogue in China in an attempt to correct historical prejudices and misleading political reality.