I am a high school student from Beijing, a history enthusiast who grew up amidst the red walls of the Forbidden City and the bustling traffic of Chang’an Avenue. Perhaps because the ancient capital beneath my feet is so profoundly steeped in history, I have been drawn since childhood to the distant philosophies of ancient Greece and the glory of Rome. To trace those millennia-old echoes, I have stood on the soil of Türkiye—once the heart of the Eastern Roman Empire—sensing the vicissitudes of Constantinople, and I have wandered through Rome, touching the twilight of an empire in the remnants of the West. Walking through these historic sites has become my way of measuring the world.

However, as a Chinese student deeply rooted in Eastern culture, standing before these Western ruins brings me a profound sense of regret: throughout history, an insurmountable wall of misunderstanding has seemingly always existed between the East and the West. Even when standing on the exact same coordinates, people from different eras often misread history and each other through a fog of prejudice. This disconnection, born from being “blind within the mountain,” pains me deeply.

Therefore, I created this website. Through rigorous academic exploration and hands-on practice, I aspire to be a “bridge-builder.” I hope to cross the chasms of language and the biases of time, allowing people from the East and the West to truly understand one another and embrace our differences. Because I believe that history should not be a tool for division, but a bridge that connects us to the world.