吴历(字渔山,1632-1718)研究在明清天主教和中国绘画史研究领域都并非新鲜的话题。自20世纪初中国历史学学者开始整理吴历生平资料并辑录和笺注其诗画作品以来,关于吴历的研究成果持续不断地涌现。无论是陈垣(援庵)于1937年撰写的《吴渔山先生年谱》、方豪写于1969年的《吴渔山神父领洗年代、晋铎地点及拉丁文造诣考》,还是当代的吴历研究专家章文钦,在其吴历研究著述中都曾留意过吴历何时皈依天学(即天主教)这个问题。陈垣在其《吴渔山先生年谱》中写道,虞山何世贞著《崇 Wu Li (Yushan, 1632-1718) Studies are not new topics in both the Catholic and Chinese history of painting in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Since the early 20th century Chinese historians began sorting out the material of Wu Li’s life and editing and annotating their poems and paintings, the research results about Wu Li continued to emerge. Whether it is “Wu Yu-shan’s Chronicle” written by Chen Yuan (Aidan) in 1937, written by Fang Hao in 1969, “Father Wu Yue-shan’s age of baptism, location of Jin Duo and attainments in Latin”, or contemporary Wu History researcher Zhang Wenqin, in his writings on the study of Wu Li had noticed when Wu Li converted to astronomy (that is, Catholicism) this issue. Chen Yuan wrote in his “Wu Yue Shan Chronicle”, Yushan He Shizhen "Chong