真实与虚构:《福尔摩沙的历史与地理》中的知识来源

Discussion on the Controversy of the Religion and Knowledge on An Historical and Geographical Description of Formosa

荷兰在台湾殖民统治结束后,西方对台湾的关注并未因此中断,相反始终存在一种“福尔摩沙情结”。1704年萨玛纳札所著《福尔摩沙的历史与地理》出版,在满足读者猎奇心理的同时,亦与严肃的宗教、政治议题连结,引发了持续的争论,作者真假参半的台湾人身份始终扑朔迷离。厘析各方分歧,不仅可察知18世纪初期欧洲的台湾知识流布概貌与渠道,也能管窥不同国家在相异宗教信仰下对知识采取的迥异态度。

After the colonial rule of Dutch in Taiwan,the West s concern for Taiwan has not been ended.On the contrary,there has always been a“Formosa complex”.In 1704,the publication of An Historical and Geographical Description of Formosa written by Psalmanazar,while satisfying the readers psychology,was also linked to serious religious and political issues,which led to Propriety Debates.Whether the author was a Taiwan Residents or not is always been confusing,the analysis of the differences between the different parties about this issue was not only reveals the spread of Taiwan s knowledge in Europe in the early 18th century,but also the different attitudes of diverse countries to knowledge in different religious beliefs.