Never dawned on him that Chinese calligraphy is all black on white and that the more colourful Chinese art such as the Qing wares emerged only after the advent of the Italian monks.

• 他怎么没想过中国的书法都是黑白的?比较具有色彩的中国艺术，例如清朝的陶瓷器，是在意大利和尚到了中国之后才出现的。