教会防范教案:甲午战后新教传教士集体上疏清廷考

以往的晚清中外关系研究往往强调了甲午战后民教冲突的一面,而从未提到过传教士迫切希望减少这种冲突并为此作的努力。虽然清廷两派在基督教问题上的分歧导致1895年新教传教士集体上疏清廷的成效甚微,但清廷高层的改良派官员与李提摩太等传教士的交往和了解成为基层民教冲突影响高层政治决策的中间环节,预示了日后清廷修正基督教政策的可能性。

A Textual Research for Assembled Missionaries'Submitting a Memorial to the Emperor After the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895

Very often,the past researches for the relationship between China and foreign countries lay stress on the confrontation of civilians with missionaries instead of mentioning the latter's hardworking for avoiding the confrontation.Although the divergence of the two official groups on Christianity results in being unsuccessful in assembled missionaries' submitting a memorial to the emperor,the interactions and understandings between the foreign-oriented,reformist officers and Timothy Richard as well as other missionaries,as a middle link,influence the high-level politics,and,at the same time,foretell the subsequent possibility of revising the Christian policies of the royal court.