明末至清中叶天主教西文文献中的中国：文献分布与应用讨论

Western Language Catholic Sources and Ming-Qing China:Location and Utility

本文探讨各个天主教修道会在明、清传教的有关文献,尤其深入讨论了耶稣会文献的种类、特征与现有的分布情况。除了讨论西方传教文献对个别明、清史题目的重要性外,本文亦表列了里斯本Ajuda图书馆与罗马耶稣会历史档案馆有关中国文件的现存情况。

This paper discusses extant Catholic missionary sources for the study of the history of China from the Late Ming to the mid-Qing period.It offers a brief survey of documents generated by Franciscans,Dominicans,the Missions étrangères de Paris,and discusses in greater detail the historical records associated with the Jesuits：their genre,generation,characteristics,and extant distribution.It discusses the particular area of Ming-Qing history that are especially well documented by missionary sources;and it offers a guide to users for sources related to China in the Biblioteca juda in Lisbon and the Archivum Romanum Siocietatis Iesu in Rome.