基督教在中国的传播与汉语研究的科学化——明清之际基督教文化对中国文化的影响

明末清初之时,天主教耶稣会士来华传播基督教的同时,也将西方的文化、科技,甚至科学方法传向中国。在研究西学东渐时,人们较多关注的是西方传来的自然科学和哲学思想,而对传教士对汉语的研究关注不多。利玛窦、金尼阁等人用西文字母拼读中国汉字的方法,直接影响到了后来汉语的拼音思潮和运动。同时,传教士们用西方的科学方法对汉语的研究,对后来的汉语研究的现代化也产生了极大的影响。传教士对汉语研究所产生的影响,也启发我们对跨文化传播作深入的思考。

Dissemination of Christianity in China and Modernization of Chinese Language Study——Influence upon Chinese Culture exerted by Christianity at the turn of the Ming and Qing Dynasties

At the turn of the Ming and Qing Dynasties,Jesuits came to China to disseminate their Christianity,together with their culture,science and technology and even scientific methodology.The history of 'introducing the Western Learning to the East' roused a great interest in people,while western science and philosophy attracted much more attention than the Chinese Language studies.The spelling of Chinese characters using letters invented by priests such as Matteo Ricci and Tringault had triggered the phoneticization trend in China.And their scientific approaches contribute to the modernization of research,and inspire us to further explore the nature of cross-cultural communication.