When,whereandwhydidChinesepeoplelearnforeignlanguagesinancientChina?WhendidChinesepeoplelearnforeignlanguagesinancientChina?Chinaisamulti-ethniccountrysinceancienttimes.Andshemaintainsdiplomaticrelationsandfriendlyexchangeswithothercountries.Languageandwordagearedifferentbecauseofdifferentnationalitiesandcountries.Soeverydynastyhasthespecialistswhodotranslationwork.Justforofficial,zhoudynastyhasmanydifferentpositions.(“寄”、“像”、“译”等)AncienttranslationworkbeganShangandZhoudynasties.AccordingtoHanFu-shengwhocompiledthe"bigShang”hasarecordabouttranslationinZhoudynasty.(西汉伏胜《尚书大传》载：交趾之南有越裳国，“周公居摄六年，制礼作乐，天下和平；越裳以三象重译而献白雉，曰：‘道路悠远，山川阻深，音使不通，故重译而朝’”。)------香港《文汇报》王东峰2009年8月11日《中国历代有“翻译”翻译人员级别不高》Then,intheeasternHandynasty,learningforeignlanguagesisfortranslatingtheBuddhistscriptures.AndtheearliestChineseforeignmonksaretheJiayemotengandDharmaraksa(HanDynasty).InTangDynasty,XuanzangwenttoIndiatotakeBuddhistscriptures.Heexperiencedalotintheway.Finally,hearrivedinIndiaandgotscripturesback.It’sareflectionofculturalexchange.XuanzangbroughttheSanskrittoChina.TheHuinationalityoriginatedinTangDynasty.MuslimdidbusinessinTheArabandPersianarea.WhenitcametoYuanDynasty,ChinesepressedmanypeopleinCentralAsiatoworkinChina.TheygotmarriedwithChinese,formingHuiDynasty.AndthebasiclanguagesofHuiDynasty:ArabicandPersianlanguagewereintroducedintoChina.The"HuihuiGuozixue”inYuanDynastyisregardedasourcountry'smostancient"foreignlanguageschool".Thecurriculumisdividedintothreeparts:1.LearnChinesetraditionalculture:Confucianism.2.LearnandspreadMongoliaCulture.3.LearnPersianLanguageand“HuihuiGuoxue”.Inaddition,theEnglishhasalongandfascinatinghistoryinChina.ThefirstEnglishspeakersarrivedinsouthernChinainearlyseventeenthcenturyBesides,EnglishinChinareallydevelopedfromJiajing32yearswhen,thefirstbatchofPortuguesecametoChinaforbusiness.ThenEnglishspreadinChinagraduallybecauseofthebusinessandmissionarycommunication,andalargenumberoffrequentcommunicationsappearedaftertheWesternizationMovement.Neve