西方人曾经以高度的热情欢迎《赵氏孤儿》。英国人墨菲根据《赵氏孤儿》改编的《中国孤儿》的序幕出自当时的桂冠诗人怀特海之手,开头几行为:“厌烦了希腊和罗马。这两个国家/已经灵感枯竭,魅力退去……今晚诗人将附神鹰的翅膀,/为了寻求新颖的品德,前往日出的地方,/飞向东方的中国……”(Enough of Greece and Westerners once welcomed Zhao’s orphan with a high degree of enthusiasm. British prodigy Murphy under the “Orphan of Zhao” adapted from the “Chinese orphan” prologue from the laurel poet Whitehead at that time, the first few lines: “tired of Greece and Rome.These two countries / has been inspired dry, attractive Receding ...... Tonight, the poet will be attached to the hawkish wings, / in order to seek new virtues, to the sunrise, / fly to the east of China ...... ”(Enough of Greece and