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（原文：At such a time it is vitally necessary for the West to understand the traditional thoughts of the great Asian cultures：China，India，and Japan.This is necessary not only for specialists，but for every educated person in the West...If the west can recognize that contact with Eastern thoughts can renew our appreciation for our own cultural heritages，a product of the fusion of the Judeo-Christian religion with Greco-Roman culture，that it will be easier to defend that heritage，not only in Asia but in the West as well。）