明清间以天主教传教士为主要介质而展开的中西文化交流,在最近的20余年时间里成为学界关注的一个热点。随着探讨的触角日益繁密而深广,人们发现,早在三个多世纪以前,传教士在引入天主教义的同时,也把西方的天文、数学、机械、水利、地理、医学、生理以及哲学、逻辑、伦理、文学、音乐、美术等几乎所有的知识类 During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the cultural exchange between China and the West, initiated by Catholic missionaries, became a focus of the academic circles in the recent more than 20 years. As the tentacles of the study exploded, people discovered that as early as more than three centuries ago, while introducing the Catholic doctrine, missionaries also put western astronomy, mathematics, machinery, water conservancy, geography, medicine, physiology and philosophy, Logic, Ethics, Literature, Music, Art, etc. Almost all kinds of knowledge