麦都思及其早期中文史地著述  

Medhurst and His Early Historical and Geographical Works in Chinese

作　　者：邹振环[1] 

机构地区：[1]复旦大学历史系,上海200433

出　　处：《复旦学报（社会科学版）》2003年第5期99-105,共7页Fudan Journal（Social Sciences）

基　　金：高等学校全国优秀博士学位论文作者专项资金资助项目<明清西方文化摄取史研究>(项目批准号 2 0 0 114 )的阶段性成果

摘　　要：19世纪初来华的英国传教士麦都思撰有三部具有开创性意义的中文史地著述。《地理便童略传》是新教传教士所编写的第一部面世的汉文地理学通论 ;《咬吧总论》是晚清来华外国传教士所编写第一部中文外国区域地志 ;《东西史记和合》不仅是 1 9世纪问世的第一部中西比较的编年体史书 ,可能也是有史以来第一部东西比较历史的著述。麦都思在这三部文献中不仅给中国人带来了西方有关世界地理、区域地理和西方历史的常识 ,而且还注意在这些中文著述中对中国文献加以利用和吸收 ,使这三部文献不仅在一般西学史地知识的介绍方面 ,而且在早期汉学研究方面 ,也显示了它们一定的地位。Walter Henry Medhurst, a British missionary who came to China in the early 19 th century, wrote three pioneering books in Chinese about Chinese history and geography. “Geographical Catechism” is the first primary geographical textbook compiled in Chinese by Protestant missionaries. “A General Survey of Yaoliuba” is the first foreign regional history written in Chinese. “Comparative Chronology” is the first China-West comparative history work in history. In these three works, Medhurst not only brought the Chinese the information of world geography, regional grography and western history, but also used and absorbed Chinese documents, thus gaining his three works an important position both in spreading knowledge of western geography and history and in the early Sinology.

关 键 词：麦都思 晚清 史地翻译 

分 类 号：B928[哲学宗教—宗教学]