以史证教与以史驳教——清初天主教传播与中西方史学交流

On the Spread of Catholicism and the Exchange of Historiography Between China and the West in the Early Years of the Qing Dynasty

清初天主教传教士及信徒与反教士大夫分别从“以史证教”和“以史驳教”的角度研究和开发中国古代史籍,从而使中西方在史学领域内迈出了文化交流的重要一步。但在史学领域内部,中西双方均缺乏充分的实质性的接触,因而该论战虽点燃了中西史学会通的星星之火,但毕竟仅停留于史学表面,未能深入内里。中西史学的进一步交流以及因此而产生的巨大转变仍有待于来日。

In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, a violent controversy happened between the missionaries, their followers , and the Chinese literati. Both of them explored Chinese ancient history books but form different angles, one was to testify their religion and the other to refute it. The author of this article studies the controversy and concludes that it becomes the important step in the cultural exchange between Chinese and western history. However, both of the two sides are short of enough or substantial contact, and there are only elementary results from these actions. The history exchange only scratches the surface and a further exchange of historiography between China and the West remains to be resolved in the days to come.