Abstract：At the beginning of the 20th century， with the strengthening of the US economic power and the relationship with China becoming closer， the American academic community had a strong interest in issues of China. In 1913—1914， Langdon Warner was sent by collector Freer to China on behalf of the Smithsonian Institution and other institutions to investigate the prospects of archaeological excavations and the possibility of establishing an archaeological school in China. However， Warner， who specialized in the history of Japanese art， relied heavily on European Sinology and Japanese scholarship， and spent a long period of time in Europe and the surrounding areas of China instead of investigating in mainland China. The American School of Archaeology in China was never established， which was a setback for American Sinology in its attempt to develop further.
查晓英. 绕道而行：1913—1914年华尔纳的中国考察[J]. 华中师范大学学报（人文社会科学版）, 2024, 63(4): 126-133.
Zha Xiaoying. A Detour： Warner's Exploration of China in 1913—1914. journal1, 2024, 63(4): 126-133.
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