利玛窦与明人欧洲观的初步形成

明末来华的欧洲传教士利玛窦是明代中国人认识欧洲的重要媒介。明人通过利玛窦的中文著译、访谈辩论、书信往来、物品馈赠与展览、修养学识展示以及宗教布道等方式获得欧洲信息,初步形成了不同于以往的新的欧洲认识。但是由于主客观方面的原因,利玛窦传递的欧洲信息真实与虚幻同在,在一定程度上又影响甚至误导了明人之对欧认识,对此应该给予一分为二的客观评价

Matteo Ricci and the Formation of the Chinese Vision towards Europe in the Ming Dynasty

In the late Ming Dynasty, the European missionary, Matteo Ricci, came to China. He became an important medium through which Chinese in the Ming Dynasty learned Europe. The Chinese people got a lot of information about Europe by reading Matteo Ricci's books in Chinese version, interviews and debates, communication by letters, exchanges of presents and exhibitions, etiquette lessons and religious preaching. They formed a new vision towards Europe. But due to many subjective and objective reasons, some of the information given by Matteo Ricci was true, some was not, which to some extent misled the Chinese vision towards Europe in the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, we should have an objective view of its good and bad sides.