Shen Fuzong (沈福宗) introduced the world to the wonders of China and was something of a fascination for King James II of England, so much so that Shen’s portrait still hangs today in the King’s Dining Room in Windsor Castle.
沈福宗向世界介绍了中国的奇迹，对英国国王詹姆斯二世来说有些着迷，以至于沈福宗的肖像至今仍挂在温莎城堡的国王餐厅里。
Born in Nanjing in 1657 CE, Shen would have perhaps amounted to very little other than his becoming an ordinary mandarin, were it not for two facts; his parents had converted to Christianity and he himself spoke Latin.
如果不是因为两个事实，沈于公元1657年出生于南京，除了成为一名普通的普通话外，他可能没有什么其他好处；他的父母已经皈依了基督教，他自己也会说拉丁语。
Such meant he was chosen by Jesuit Father, Philippe Couplet (1623-1693), to accompany him on one of the regular tours of Europe by missionary Jesuits that were intended keep the Vatican in the loop as to the goings on in the Far East.
这意味着他被耶稣会神父Philippe Couplet（1623-1693）选中，陪同他参加传教士的欧洲定期旅行之一，目的是让梵蒂冈了解远东发生的事情。
Once there, Shen made the biggest impact in France and England. He impressed King Louis XIV by teaching him how to to use chopsticks and demonstrating the writing of Chinese characters. The King responded by having all the fountains at Versailles switched on in honour of Shen and Couplet, an act normally reserved for royalty, etc.
一旦到了那里，Shen在法国和英国产生了最大的影响。 他教国王路易十四如何使用筷子并演示汉字的书写，这给他留下了深刻的印象。 国王的回应是打开凡尔赛的所有喷泉，以纪念沈和对列，这种行为通常保留给皇室等。
The visit was also a religious and diplomatic success; the King agreed to sponsor a French Jesuit mission to China comprising scientists and mathematicians.
访问也是宗教和外交上的成功；国王同意赞助一个由科学家和数学家组成的法国耶稣会派往中国的代表团。
In England, Shen became the very first Chinese man to visit that which is now Great Britain, doing so with the aim of also winning support from King James II, knowing of his commitment to the promotion of Catholicism.
在英国，沈成为第一个访问现在的英国的中国人，这样做的目的是赢得国王詹姆斯二世的支持，因为他知道他致力于促进天主教。
Shen then achieved an audience with the King after attending the installation of Ferdinando d’Adda as Roman Catholic Archbishop, whereupon the King developed quite an affinity for his visitor from China.
随后，沈在出席了费迪南多·达达担任罗马天主教大主教的仪式后，与国王进行了会面，国王对他来自中国的访客产生了相当的亲和力。
Shen’s portrait (pictured), “The Chinese Convert” by Sir Godfrey Kneller, dated 1687, was commissioned by the King soon after Shen had established himself as a well-known figure at the King’s court.
沈的肖像（如图），戈弗雷·克纳勒爵士的“中国皈依者”，日期为1687年，是在沈在国王的宫廷中确立自己作为知名人物后不久委托国王委托的。
According to the Royal Collection Trust, “[Shen] is depicted in Chinese robes, holding a crucifix and looking towards the window as the light illuminates his face, suggesting divine inspiration”.
根据皇家收藏信托基金的说法，“[沈]被描绘成身穿中国长袍，手持十字架，望向窗户，灯光照亮他的脸，暗示了神圣的灵感。”
So taken with the oriental human oddity and his painting was the King that he had it hung in the room adjacent to his bedchamber.
他被东方人的怪癖和他的画作所迷，以至于他把它挂在卧室旁边的房间里。
His reputation established, Shen next spent much of the summer that same year in the Bodleian Library in Oxford, where he helped the Librarian, Thomas Hyde, with various projects relating to Chinese measurement and calendrical practices. He also assisted Hyde with the cataloguing and translation of various Chinese books and manuscripts.
他的声誉得到了确立，沈于同年夏天的大部分时间都在牛津的博德利图书馆度过，在那里他帮助图书管理员托马斯·海德完成了与中国测量和日历实践相关的各种项目。 他还协助海德对各种中国书籍和手稿进行编目和翻译。
Were it not for Shen, the academic discipline of Sinology would be very different today.
如果不是沈，今天的汉学学术学科将大不相同。
Fortune would again soon play into his hands, when in April of 1688, Shen and Couplet left London, shortly before the King was overthrown. They headed for Lisbon, where Shen entered the Jesuit novitiate and took his first vows in 1690. The following year, and after taking for himself the Latin name of Alphonsus, Shen discovered he was being sent back to China.
1688年4月，在国王被推翻前不久，沈和对聯离开了伦敦，财富很快又落入了他的手中。 他们前往里斯本，沈在那里加入了耶稣会修会，并于1690年接受了他的第一次誓言。 第二年，在取了Alphonsus的拉丁名字后，Shen发现自己被送回了中国。
Destiny this time, would not be so kind. An epidemic broke out on board his ship while voyaging home; Shen passed away on 2 September, 1691, just 2 days before the ship reached Mozambique.
这次的命运，不会那么善良。 他的船上在回家时爆发了疫情；沈于1691年9月2日去世，就在船到达莫桑比克的2天前。
