德国传教士汤若望从晚明到清康熙之间在华生活四十多年,曾被任命钦天监的监正,后又险遭凌迟处死。康熙独掌朝纲后亲自为其平反昭雪。汤若望是中德之间、东西方文化之间的一座桥梁,从他身上折射出一幅东西方文化相互碰撞和交融的五彩画卷,《在上苍的阴影下》则是一部以汤若望为主人公的长篇小说,在德国出版后一时好评如潮,掀起汤若望热。 The German missionary Tang Ruowang lived in China for more than 40 years from the late Ming to the Qing Emperor Kangxi and was appointed as a prisoner of Qintian prison. Kangxi alone after the pro-Gang towards their own rehabilitated. As a bridge between China and Germany and between eastern and western cultures, Tangruwang reflects on him a multicolored picture of East-West culture colliding and blending with each other, while “under the shadow of God” is the main character of Tangruwang The novel, once published in Germany, rave reviews, set off the soup if the hope hot.