明末王门后学与天主教的传播

Wang Yangmin's School and the Spread of Catholics in China during the Late Ming Dynasty

利玛窦为代表的天主教耶稣会士于明末入华传教,开始了第一次真正意义上的中西文化交流。利玛窦等人之所以能取得一定的成功,除了其采取文化适应策略和科学传教的路线外,当时王学勃兴是其中较为重要的因素之一。即一方面王学的风行为天主教传播提供了良好的文化输入环境,另一方面两者的某种契合是天主教顺利传播的思想基础。

In the late Ming Dynasty, Matteo Ricci and his partners started to spread Catholicism in China. It is the first substantial, significant cultural communication. Ricci's achievement results not only from his cultural accommodation and spreading Christian by the way of science, but also from the bridge role of Wang Yangmin' School for Christian spreading in China, namely, the popularity of Wang Yangmin's School created a favorable cultural environment for Catholic transmission. On the other hand, some affinity among the two doctrines is a basis of thought for Catholic transmission. 