明清在华耶稣会士面向西方描述的江西

The Local Jiangxi Described by Jesuits in China During Ming and Qing Dynasties

初步梳理明清之际来华耶稣会士在江西的活动线索,具体论述利玛窦、曾德昭、殷弘绪等人如何向西方介绍江西。不仅将其看作明清时期西学东渐和东学西渐的重要内容之一,而且更着意说明江西并非耶稣会士来华最重要的目的地,而是由于江西当时尚处于南北交通要道之中,因而获得一种"便道"交流的机会,从而首次被介绍给西方世界。这一研究可以为透视1840年以后逐渐失去"便道"交流机缘的江西历史进程,提供一个参照物。

Discussing activities of Jesuits in Jiangxi during Ming and Qing Dynasties, the author presents a picture of local Jiangxi described by Jesuits as Mathien Ricci, Alvaro Semedo and FrancoisXavier d'Entrecolles.The author not only views that as one of the important content about the exchanging processes of Western Learning and Eastern Learning during that period,but also specially explains that Jiangxi was not the most important destination which Jesuits in China had planned to arrive in,however as a traffic center which connects North with South China, Jiangxi won opportunities of culture communication and thus was primarily introduced to the west.This article offers a reference when it came to the historical process of Jiangxi province after it lost this convenient transportation position after 1840.