Note On The Topic Before You Read Reading Further Information C-D 哈里斯太太：许教授，我们聊了很多关于贸易方面的事， 那人们在丝绸之路上相遇之后有没有进行过其他一些种类 的交换呢？ D Mrs Harris:We're talking a great deal about trade,Professor Xu, but was there any other kind of exchange going on between people when they met on the routes? 暂停Historical figures such as from Venice and from Xi’an were unusual in travelling as far as they did along these routes. Marco Polo incidentally spent 24 years travelling in China and parts of Central and East Asia, while Xuan Zang made his classic sixteen-year journey from China to India. Xuan Zang Reading C-D Note On The Topic Before You Read Mrs Harris: We’re talking a great deal about trade, Professor Xu, but was there any other kind of exchange going on between people when they met on the routes? D Further Information Marco Polo (1254–1324Marco Polo ) was an Italian merchant from Venice who claimed to have travelled to and stayed in the court of the Chinese emperor Kublai Khan for many years. He wrote an account of his journeys, The Travels of Marco Polo, which became popular for introducing China to the West. Xuan Zang (602–664) was a Chinese Buddhist monk of the early Tang dynasty who undertook a sixteen-year journey bringing the teachings of Buddhism from India to China. His travels inspired the classic story Journey to the West. 历史上像来自威尼斯的马克·波罗和来自西安的玄奘那样 沿着丝绸之路走了这么远的人实属罕见。马克·波罗一不小 心就在中国以及东亚的部分地区旅居了24年，而玄奘从中国 出发到印度的 1 6 年 旅 程 也 堪 称 经 典 。 哈里斯太太：许教授，我们聊了很多关于贸易方面的事， 那人们在丝绸之路上相遇之后有没有进行过其他一些种类 的交换呢？