Hammer received his master's degree in Chinese classical philology at Shandong University and spent four years getting his doctorate in the same major from Peking University.
Now the 37-year-old works as a teacher at the Advanced Institute for Confucian Studies of Shandong University in Jinan. He is also the assistant editor of the English version of the Journal of Chinese Humanities, an English-language offshoot of the well-known culture and sociology journal Wen Shi Zhe, created in 1951.
Hammer spends hours each day enriching his knowledge.
His desk is covered with piles of books and paper. Two bookshelves besides his desk are stuffed with dictionaries and Chinese classical works such as The Four Books. The wall to the left of his desk is covered by a picture that shows the history of China.
"Being a teacher, you have to know your major very well, and then you have to have the ability to educate students," Hammer said.
In his classes, Hammer discusses with students in Mandarin the translation of Chinese classical works into English.
《中国日报》9月30日电,在电话上听本杰明·K·哈默(Benjamin K. Hammer)说话,你大概会认为那是个自小在汉语环境下长大的人,因为他把普通话的四种声调读得太准了。
其实,哈默是高三才开始学习普通话,那时他在加州圣约瑟一所高中上学。20世纪90年代,那所中学还没有开设汉语相关课程,哈默只好在一所社区学校上夜课来学习普通话。
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