一马可·波罗来中国的起因远在我国战国时期,即公元前五至三世纪,中国作为“丝绸之国”的声誉已传到西方,引起了欧洲人士的注意.汉武帝时开辟的“丝绸之路”沟通了中西方人民的友好往来,为促进相互之间经济和文化的发展奠定了基础.其后,东汉班超也奉命出使西城,并从西域遣甘英为使赴罗马帝国,虽未能成功,但说明了中国渴望同西方世界直接交往的心情. A Marco Polo came to China for a long time in the Warring States Period, that is, from the fifth to the third century BC, China’s reputation as a “silk country” has spread to the West and has drawn the attention of Europeans. The opening of the “Silk Road” to communicate the friendly exchanges between the Chinese and Western peoples, in order to promote mutual economic and cultural development laid the foundation later, the Eastern Han Dynasty Chao also ordered to make the West City, and from the Western Regions sent Gan Ying to make Although it failed to succeed in the Roman Empire, it shows the country’s desire to have direct contacts with the Western world.