沃尔夫莱姆·爱伯哈德是伯克利加利福尼亚大学社会学系名誉教授。在从事西亚、中亚和东亚社会与文化研究的学者中，象他那样兴趣广泛、多才多艺的人是不多见的，因此他可以被毫不夸张地称作亚洲研究的真正“通才”。作为教师和学者，他直接或间接地影响了世界许多地方的一代学生学者。甚至退休以后，他仍然热心于教学与著书立说，继续鼓舞激励着一代后学。 Wolfram Eberhard is an honorary professor of sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. Among the many scholars who study social and cultural studies in West Asia, Central Asia and East Asia, as many as he is interested and versatile, he can be literally called the real “generalist” of Asian studies. As a teacher and scholar, he directly or indirectly influenced a generation of student scholars in many parts of the world. Even after his retirement, he is still enthusiastic about teaching and writing, and continues to inspire the generation after school.