古犹太人人华时间考论

Study on the Time of Ancient Jews Entering China

关于古代犹太人入华,有'周代之前说''周代说''汉代说'与'唐代说'等不同主张。其中前四种主张多凭借间接文献得出、讹误颇多,且未被考古与文献记载证实。据目前所知的考古与文献记载,显示犹太人最早在唐代入华。唐代,犹太人经丝绸之路贸易到达于阗、敦煌与广州等地,甚至在这些地区建立犹太人聚集地。

There are four different academic viewpoints about the time of Jews entering China such as 'before the Zhou Dynasty', 'Zhou Dynasty', 'Han Dynasty' and ' Tang Dynasty '.The first three academic viewpoints are mostly based on indirect documents, which have many errors and have not been confirmed by archaeological and documentary records. The current archeological and literature records shows that the Jews firstly entered China in Tang Dynasty. In Tang Dynasty, the Jews traveled through the Silk Road to Hetian, Dunhuang and Guangzhou, and even established Jewish communities in these areas.