Arcadio Huang, Chinese Translator for Louis XIV (Part 2)
In 1713, 24-year-old Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu, known simply as Montesquieu, was introduced to Arcadio Huang and became a frequent visitor. Arcadio Huang recorded that he and Montesquieu met eight times and introduced him to China’s politics, economy, culture, law, religion, and folk customs. The intellectual closeness of the ...
