Much to my surprise, I heard from Prof. Granet immediately. In his letter, he said that he would be glad if I would write a dissertation and that he would personally guide my dissertation. He suggested that I write on Chinese Ci.

• 想不到Granet教授立刻回了我一信，非常欢迎我写论文，说：他亲自主持我的论文，并且出了题目，希望我写一篇关于中国的词的论文。