In his famous book To Steal A Book Is An Elegant Offense, Harvard Professor William Alford stated that Chinese culture is incompatible with intellectual property. This widely circulated, misleading view was a result of cultural typology, by which Alford failed to examine history from multi-disciplinary and micro-historical perspectives. Alford also failed to properly examine the Western intellectual property history and the overprotection of intellectual property in today＇ s world. He believes that reasonable interference by Western countries in China and other developing countries are justifiable. This has resulted in a misunderstood China being put in a very disadvantaged position in the world.%哈佛大学的安守廉（WilliamAlford）教授在其名著《窃书为雅罪》一书中，认为中国传统文化与知识产权是不兼容的。此一观点在中外流传甚广、影响极深。安教授采用了文化类型学的研究方法，未对史料从跨学科的角度进行“微观考古”，故其结论与史实不符。而且，安教授对西方自身的知识产权史及当代知识产权的不合理扩张，均缺乏全面认知，简单地认为发达国家对中国这样的发展中国家进行“合理干预”是正当的，使被误解的中国在国际上处于极被动的局面。
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