加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚大学的汉学研究概述

The Chinese Studies in University of British Columbia,Canada

百年来加拿大汉学研究的兴起脉络,主要有三个方面。一是与19世纪后半叶来华传教士有密切关联。他们在传教中,既推介了文化、教育、卫生方面的新理念、新技术,也了解了中国民风。回国后,他们又通过演讲、著书立说宣传中国的风土人情,打开了当时加拿大人对中国的认识之门。二是当地华侨的支持。当地华侨为传承中国传统文化、消除西方社会对华人的误解,积极地推动汉学研究,宣传中国古今风俗知识,介绍中华文化的精髓。三是20世纪60年代加拿大各高校亚洲系、亚洲研究中心的成立。这是加拿大汉学研究的主流。而随着20世纪中期加拿大高校中中国古籍藏书量的变化,加拿大的汉学研究的中心,亦呈现出从麦吉尔大学到多伦多大学和不列颠哥伦比亚大学,即从东部到西部的变化趋势。

Chinese studies has developed in Canada on three aspects.First,it has a close connection with those missionaries who have been to China since the latter half of19 th Century.During the missionary work,they have introduced western culture,education and medical service to China and at the same time,have learned about local customs.After returning to Canada,they spread the Chinese customs in ways of delivering speeches and publishing books so that the door of knowing China has been open ever since then.Second,the support from the overseas Chinese,who have actively promoted the Chinese studies in Canada by preaching about the Chinese culture and customs in order to inherit traditional Chinese culture and remove the misunderstanding towards Chinese people.Third,the founding of Asian Centers or Departments of Asian Studies in Canada from the1960 s,which composed the mainstream power of Chinese studies in Canada,has contributed to its development.While with the change of the collections in the Canadian universities,the center of Chinese Studies in Canada has been transferred from McGill University to University of Toronto and University of British Columbia,from east to west.