早在第一位华人登上美洲大陆的那一刻起,中美文化间就开始了漫长的碰撞与融合历程。19世纪前,出于其数量较少及社会地位较低的原因,甚少有华人出现在美国“主流文化”视野之中。但是近百年来,尤其是20世纪70年代以后,随着精英华裔知识分子不断出现在美国“主流文化”世界里, As early as the moment when the first Chinese arrived in the mainland of the continent, the long history of collision and integration began between China and the United States. Before the 19th century, due to its small population and low social status, very few Chinese appeared in the “mainstream culture” vision of the United States. However, in the recent one hundred years, especially since the 1970s, as elite ethnic Chinese intellectuals continue to appear in the mainstream culture of the United States,