浅析明清时期的传教士与东学西渐

An Analysis on the Missionary and the Phenomenon of Chinese Culture Prevailed in Western Countries During Ming and Qing Dynasty

十六世纪,在欧洲受基督教冲击的天主教,急需寻找欧洲之外的传教场所,于是一批天主教耶稣会士来到中国,他们除传播基督教文化外,也带来当时西方的一些哲学科学知识和器物文明。在这次中西文明的相遇和交流中虽然发生过冲突,但耶稣会士也传递了大量的中华文化信息给欧洲,包括不少的儒、道经典著作,这一交流,曾一度引起欧洲的中国热,也影响了一批欧洲启蒙时期的思想家和改革家,有力地推动了欧洲的启蒙运动和中国文化的传播,为世界文明做出了贡献。

In the 16th century, the Christian Catholic Church need urgently to find places outside Europe to be as missionary place . With a group of Catholic Jesuits arrived in China, they have brought a lot of Western philosophy , scientific knowledge and artifacts and at the same time the Jesus brought a lot of Chinese culture to Europe, including the Confucianism, Taoism . The spread of Chinese culture have made contributions to the world civilization.