晚清新教传教士视野下的中国穆斯林

Chinese Muslims in the Perspective of the Protestant Missionaries Late Qing Dynasty

晚清时期,基督新教传教士对中国穆斯林有很多论述。他们重点探讨了中国穆斯林的族群特点、宗教维系机制、信仰与操守、与汉族政权的关系等方面。这些论述暗含着贯穿始终的宣教意识,目的是为教会制定穆斯林传教策略提供依据。传教士据此提出了一些针对穆斯林传教的新主张,对后来的中国伊斯兰教传教运动具有一定的指导意义。由于教义的差异和文化偏见,传教士的立论完全以基督教为出发点,这使得他们更多地关注到中国穆斯林的负面因素,影响了其判断的客观性。

Chinese Muslims were often discussed by Protestant missionaries in the late Qing Dynasty. Their topics focused on Chinese Muslims＂ ethnic characteristics, religion maintaining mechanisms, beliefs, integrity, relationship with Han nationality, etc. The statements implied some kinds of mission thought all the time, which provided abundant information for the development of Muslim missionary strategy. According to the information, Protestant missionaries put forward some new ideas on missionary work to Muslim, which were proved to be a kind of guidance to the later Chinese Islamic missionary movement. However, due to cultural differences and prejudice, Protestant missionaries paid more attention to the negative factors of Chinese Muslims, which affected the objectivity of their judgments.