英籍传教士连福川眼中的青海藏区——《生锈的铰链:青海藏区的门户初开》述介

An English Missionary Lian Fu-chuan's View on Qinghai Tibetan Area

内地会传教士连福川集其在青海藏区20余年之布道经历,著成《生锈的铰链:青海藏区的门户初开》一书,从政治、经济、社会与人文诸角度,尤以深厚的地理学涵养,较为全面地介绍了近代青海藏区的社会概貌。虽然连福川运笔不免有其偏颇之处,但重读其文字,不仅可以重新审视近代基督教在青海藏区布道之历史,增进对近代青海藏区社会的认识,亦可在对青海藏区自然与人文社会影像的认识的再认识、理解的再理解中,窥知在传教士将西方的知识和观念带到东方的过程中,因文化和族际差异产生的交流与碰撞。

The missionary, Lian Fu-chuan wrote a book Rusty Hinges according to his own experiences in Qinghai. The book introduces the modern society of Qinghai Tibetan area comprehensively from the viewpoints of its politics, economy, society and humanities, especially from geographic knowledge. Though there are some biases in his writing, the book not only provides us the history of modern Christian in Qinghai but also enhances our understanding to modern soeiety in Qinghai Tibetan area. Meanwhile, we can know the communication and the cultural shock because of different culture and different internationalities when the missionaries brought the western knowledge and ideas to the east.