Abstract：In the process of “open eyes to see the world”of intellectuals in the late Qing dynasty, Moliere's comedy accompanied by their western cultural cognition had gradually come into the sight of the observation. As a diplomat of the late Qing dynasty, Chen Jitong sought the similarities between Chinese cultural tradition and French culture in his French works, which led the western readers in the late nineteenth century to understand Chinese culture more closely. Although Zeng Pu has never been abroad and his evaluation of Moliere's comedy was affected by Chen Jitong who was his French literary enlightenment mentor, his foreign cognition including historical textual research and literary imagination elements was unique in inheriting and reporting ways.

Keyword：Moliere;the intellectuals in the late Qing dynasty;cultural cognition;