安保罗生平经历及儒学研究略考

Paul Kranz’s Life Experience and Confucianism Research

德国同善会传教士安保罗不仅是传教士,也是儒学家。他认为基督教与儒学可以相互交融,孔子与耶稣可以为友,他还独辟蹊径,将中国传统儒学经典“四书”从文言文翻译为“官话”,即“白话文”,开创了中国经典从文言文向白话文转变的先河。

Paul Kranz was not only a missionary of German Weimar Mission,but also a scholar of Confucianism,believing that Christianity and Confucianism could be mutually blended,and that Confucius and Jesus could be friends.He also invented a new way of translating“The Four Books”of traditional Chinese Confucian classics from writings in classical Chinese to“Mandarin Language”(“writings in vernacular”),which pioneered the transformation of Chinese classics from writings in classical Chinese to writings in vernacular.