对于古代文献及历史的兴趣很自然地使贝尔坦(Henri Bertin)关注起古老的文明,而好奇心使他把目光尤其投向了远东——特别是中国。在其从政生涯之初,从他负责处理印度公司(自1764年起,该公司隶属于他的秘书处管辖)活动中出现的纠纷时起,他的好奇心可能就被亚洲地区唤醒了。同样,也是因为印度公司的缘故,他才关注起在法国被授予神父职位并打算搭船返回天朝的两个中国青年——高类思和杨德望的。这样,他就与在北京的耶稣会传教士(高和杨正因为他们才被派到了我们的国家)建立了联系并与之保持了至为重要的通信关系,这 The interest in ancient literature and history naturally led to Henri Bertin's attention to ancient civilizations, and curiosity led him to look especially into the Far East, especially China. From the start of his political career, his curiosity may have been aroused in Asia since his dispute over the activities of an Indian company that has been under the jurisdiction of his secretariat since 1764. It is also because of the Indian company that he focused on the two Chinese youths, High Class Thought and Young Praise, who were granted the priestly post in France and who plan to return to heaven by boat. In this way, he established ties with and maintained the most important correspondence with the Jesuit missionaries in Beijing (Gao and Yang were sent to our country because of them)