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名家講壇系列  ∙ 第三講  Distinguished Scholar Lecture Series #3

明清之際西學漢籍與中西文化交流研究

An Overview of Chinese Translations of Western Learning and China-West Cultural Exchanges in the 17th Century

Abstract:

明清之際，隨著在華傳教士刊書傳教和士大夫對其譯介書籍的回應，在中國歷史上首次出現了一種新的文獻形態，即西學漢籍。本講座對西學漢籍的定義、範圍進行解說，並對世界範圍內西學漢籍的主要館藏做了梳理。依據學術界對西學漢籍的整理進展，本講座立足全球史，對西學漢籍研究提出了新的展望，揭示中西文化交流史的研究新方向。

During the Ming-Qing transition period, with the publication of Chinese books by European missionaries in China and the responses of scholar-bureaucrats who read these books, a new form of literature emerged for the first time in Chinese history, namely Chinese translations on Western Learning. This lecture clarifies the definition and scope of Chinese translations of Western Learning, and sorts out the collections of these works in major libraries around the world. Based on the progress of the collation of Chinese translations of Western Learning in the academic community, this lecture takes the approach of global history and puts forward new prospects for the studies of Chinese translations of Western Learning, thus revealing a new direction in research on the history of cultural exchanges between China and the West.

About the Speaker:

張西平教授 現為北京語言大學特聘教授、北京外國語大學教授、博導，國務院有突出貢獻的專家，享受政府特殊津貼，《國際漢學》榮譽主編、曾任北京外國語大學比較文明與人文交流高等研究院院長，北京外國語大學國際中國文化研究院院長（中國海外漢學研究中心主任），國際儒學聯合會副會長，世界漢語教育史國際研究會會長。以現代西方文化，1500-1800年的中西文化交流史、西方漢學史和中國基督教史為主要研究領域。先後承擔教育部重大攻關專案《20世紀中國古代文化在域外的傳播與影響》、國家社科基金重大專案《梵蒂岡圖書館藏明天主教文獻整理研究》（2014年）、《17-18世紀西方漢學的興起》（2022年）等項目。代表著作：《儒學西傳歐洲研究導論》（中國文、英文、俄文版）、《歐洲早期漢學史》、《20世紀中國古代文化典籍在域外的傳播與影響研究導論》（中文、英文版）、《中國傳統文化的當代意義》（英、法、西、葡、德等文）等專著。

Prof. Zhang Xiping is the Distinguished Professor of Beijing Language and Culture University, Professor of Beijing Foreign Studies University, Honorary Chief Editor of International Sinology and Director of the Institute of International Communication of Chinese Culture. He is an expert with outstanding contributions of The State Council and enjoys special government allowances. He has served as the Vice President of the International Confucian Association, Director of the Institute for Comparative Studies of Civilization and Humanities, Director of the China Overseas Sinology Research Centre at Beijing Foreign Studies University, and President of the International Research Association for History of Global Chinese Language Education. Prof. Zhang’s research focuses on modern Western culture, history of cultural exchanges between China and the West from 1500 to 1800, history of Western Sinology, and history of Christianity in China. He has undertaken the major research project of the Ministry of Education, “The Spread and Influence of Ancient Chinese Culture in Foreign Countries during the 20^th Century”, the major project of the National Social Science Foundation, “Research on the Collation of Ming Catholic Literature in the Collection of the Vatican Library” (2014), and “The Rise of Western Sinology in the 17th-18th Centuries” (2022), etc. His major publications include Introduction to the Study of the Confucianism Transmission to Europe (Chinese, English and Russian versions), History of Early Sinology in Europe, Introduction to the Study of the Transmission and Influence of Ancient Chinese Cultural Classics in Foreign Countries during the 20^th Century (Chinese and English versions), and Contemporary Significance of Traditional Chinese Culture (in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and German), etc.