明清时期西方人载记中的中国清真寺院

Chinese Muslim Mosques in Western Documents during Ming and Qing Dynasties

在明清时期来华西方人大量的中国著述中,涉及中国清真寺的载记虽然只是凤毛麟角,但它们却是研究这一时期中国伊斯兰教不可或缺的重要史料。这些根据个人所闻所见撰成的文字资料,使我们对当时中国清真寺的建筑与职能有了真实、直观的认识。

In the abundant documents concerning China by western visitors in Ming and Qing dynasties,there is not much record about Chinese Muslim mosques.These written data are mainly based on personal experience and stories they heard.These documents offer us a real and vivid understanding of the architecture and functions of Chinese mosques.