石铎琭神父的《本草补》与方济各会在华传教研究

Pedro de Pinuela the Franciscan Missionary and His Supplemented Materia Medica

明清之际入华的方济各会传教士石铎琭神父在传播天主教之余,利用他所掌握的西方医药知识,为教徒和民众治病疗伤,不料却收到意想不到的效果,行医治病成为方济各会传教士吸引中国民众加入天主教最温柔和最有效的手段,其所产生的影响远远胜过神学的说教。后在清代文人刘凝的劝说和协助下,石铎琭将所掌握的西方医药和药方贡献出来,并整理成书以《本草补》之名刊印。这位原本以传播天主教为己任的西洋传教士万万没有想到,他因慈善之心而萌发的善举竟为中国药物学增添了新的内容。

Pedro de Pinuela was a Franciscan missionary to China in the early Qing Dynasty who evangelized by giving free treatment and herbal medicines to his followers. Through his benevolence and medical expertise he converted a large number of people to Catholicism. With the encouragement and help of a Chinese scholar Liu Ning Pinuela later compiled a book on the basis of his collection of herbal drugs and prescriptions and published it under the Supplemented Materia Medica making a remarkable contribution to the ...