丁韪良早期科学活动及科学辅教观——基于长老会档案的分析

W. A. P. Martin’s Scientific Activities and His Viewpoints on Using Sciences as an Auxiliary of Gospel:A Textual Study Based on the Archives of Presbyterian Church in the USA

美国北长老会传教士丁韪良是开埠后来华传教士中较早提出传播科学辅助传教,并积极实践这一思想者之一。本文试图通过原始材料,厘清他在宁波、北京两地传教时期(1850-1868)的科学活动,并分析他此段时期的科学辅助传教思想及其对后期活动的影响。

W. A. P. Martin was one of the pioneer missionaries who came to China in late Qing and brought forth the idea of using sciences as an auxiliary of to the spread of the Gospel in late Qing China. By employing W. A. P. Martin’s correspondence and reports to the Broad of Presbyterian Church in the USA (North), the author investigates his scientific activities in Ningpo and Peking, and analyzes his motive for spreading Western knowledge and its later influences.