利玛窦和耶稣会传教士写下了许多关于中国的著作,使得西方对中国的了解更加丰富,但耶稣会士对中国的“误读”所造成的影响在欧洲持续了近200年。1615年,《利玛窦中国札记》在罗马首次出版,从此,耶稣会士的中国信息开始源源不断流向西方。如果说《马可·波罗游记》把一个物产丰饶、犹如“天堂”的中国介绍给欧洲,利玛窦和耶稣会传教士们则将一 Ricci and Jesuit missionaries wrote many books on China, enriching the West’s understanding of China, but the influence of the Jesuits on China’s “misreading” lasted for nearly 200 years in Europe . In 1615, “Matteo Ricci China Notes” was first published in Rome, from then on, the Jesuits’ Chinese information began to flow continuously to the West. If Marco Polo Travel introduces a China with rich and generous properties like Paradise, Ricci and Jesuit missionaries