On April 21, 2014, Zhang Xu, a reknowned Professor, was invited to give a talk to the MA and PhD students of School of Interpreting and Translation Studies at the library of Center for Translation Studies. He introduced to them his research on translation, especially those on translation history. He stressed the importance of interdisciplinary knowledge that all students are supposed to acquire when doing research work, while sharing his experiences and opinions on methodology training, material collection and compiling, and thesis writing.