维克多·谢阁兰是活动在本世纪初、以中国题材著名的一位法国作家。他的职业是医生,喜欢考古和旅行,骨子里是一位精神世界的探索者。他潜心著述,不求闻达,虽非有意“藏诸名山”,其作品的大部确是在他身后才陆续问世的,现在仍有遗稿等待出版,而他引起人们的重视则更晚,大约在本世纪五十年代的后期,距今不过三十年。谢阁兰身后得名,并非依仗于中国地位提高,亦非凭借着东方的遥远和神秘,而实因他对“异国情调”提出了 Victor Xie Gelan is a French writer famous for his Chinese theme at the beginning of this century. His occupation is a doctor, like archeology and travel, bones is a spiritual world explorer. He devoted himself to the study. He did not ask for news, though he did not intend to “hide the mountains.” Most of his works did come out behind him. There are still manuscripts awaiting publication, and he draws more attention later In the late fifties of this century, only thirty years ago. Xie Gelan behind the name, not relying on the improvement of China’s position, nor by virtue of the distant and mysterious East, but because of his “exotic” put forward