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一百多年前,以法国人为主的传教士踏足我们这片热土,其目的当然是以宗教的传播为主要目的。鸦片战争后,各国在华势力纷纷兴办科研机构,其中法国尤为积极。自1865年上海董家渡观测站建立至1872年徐家汇观象台的创办,法国投入大量人力物力,而耶稣会在其中又扮演极其重要的角色。虽然在条约制度下他们的活动不免蒙上了政治和外交的色彩,有的传教士还曾为西方列强侵略中国出力,但多数传教士到上海来还是出于对天主教的虔诚,他们所创办的文化教育事业除了传播天主教的教义外,也传播了不少西方近代科学知识。
More than a hundred years ago, mainly French-speaking missionaries set foot in our hot land, whose purpose, of course, was mainly the spread of religion. After the Opium War, all countries in China started scientific research institutes one after another, of which France was especially active. Since the establishment of the Observatory of Dongjiadu in Shanghai in 1865 to the establishment of the Observatory of Xujiahui in 1872, France has devoted a great deal of manpower and resources, and the Jesuits play an extremely important role in this. Although their activities are inevitably politically and diplomatically colored under the treaty system, and some missionaries also contributed to the invasion of China by the Western powers, most missionaries came to Shanghai or out of their devotion to Catholicism. They founded In addition to disseminating Catholic doctrine, many cultural and educational undertakings have also spread many modern Western scientific knowledge.