利玛窦传教团韶州传教事略

A Brief Description of Preaching Stories about Matteo Ricci’s Mission in Shaozhou

意大利的利玛窦在明朝末年作为耶稣会的传教士到中国传教,韶州是他在大陆传教的第二站。1589年8月他从肇庆来到韶州,通过结交官府和士大夫,得以在西河光孝寺旁租地建屋,设堂传教。他在地方文士瞿太素帮助下,蓄发儒服,学术传教,能够比较顺利地四处传播宗教。利玛窦在韶州立足六年,教务工作取得了一些进展,同时也引发了多起争端(教案)。1595年他又以韶州为跳板进入江西,并得以进一步向南昌、南京和北京发展。

At the end of the Ming dynasty, Matteo Ricci came to China for preaching as a Jesuit missionary from Italy, and Shaozhou was his second stop. In August 1589, he came to Shaoguan from Zhaoqing. By making friends with officials and seholar-bureaucrat, they rent land at the side of west river Guangxiao Temple and established a missionary church there. With the help of local scholar Qu Taisu, he wore confucian clothes with long hair, preached as a academy which made a smooth spread of his religion. For the six years Matteo Rieei based in Shaozhou, the preaching had made some progress, but also a number of disputes （religion event）. In 1595, in virtue of Shaozhou, he went to Jiangxi, and then Nanehang, Nanjing and Beijing for a further development.