法国传教士文献所见康熙年间带往中国的器具

The Objects as Presents to the Qing Kangxi Court Filed in the French Missionaries'Manuscripts

法国传教士档案中,有清康熙时期(1662-1722)关于安菲特里特号(Amphitrite)航行之前被带到或发送到中国物品的数据。安菲特利特号是第一艘到达中国的法国船,分别于1698年和1701年停靠在广州。为了尽可能准确地识别所提供的物品,本文研究了耶稣会神父洪若(1643-1710)从中国寄给法国的一系列信件,信件列出了可能有利于建立传教士的艺术和科学物品的清单,并注意到发明者、供货商和制造者的签名,说明中法间这种科学和艺术创新的氛围是互动的。

The French missionaries'manuscripts include the lists of the scientific and artistic objects as gifts brought or sent to the Qing Kangxi(康熙)Court(1662-1723)before the voyages of the Amphitrite in 1698 and 1701,the first French merchant ship sailing directly to China in history.The analysis tries to identify the items in the lists by examining the contents of the letters to France from China by the Jesuit Father Jean de Fontaney(1643-1710),noting the signatures of the inventors,suppliers and manufacturers mentioned,an interactive group of scientific and artistic innovation.The information has been checked with illustrated European descriptive works specifying instructions for use published at the same time in the collection of the French Academy of Sciences.Some of them were available in the Beitang Library in Beijing.