The Image Of China In The Writings Of Matteo Ricci

In the history of Chinese and western cultural exchanges, Matteo Ricci is the forerunner who introduces the culture of one side to the other. His various descriptions become the window from which western learn about China, and are the typical of Chinese image research in the imagologie sense. In comparative literature study, images of China in the writings of Matteo Ricci plays an important role, but the research achievements are not rich enough, and need further broadening and deepening.This thesis attempts to Notes of Matteo Ricci in China as the main text, and employs the imagologie as the main research method, with the help of accepting aesthetics, new historicism and cultural relativism, and discourse the image of China in the writings of Matteo Ricci and its usage in the reference and practical significance from the two dimensions of utopia and ideology.The thesis is divided into four parts.The first part introduced Matteo Ricci in China and defined the concept of the image of China in order to determine the issue of perspective and scope of the study, describe the academic research on the image of China in the writings of Matteo Ricci, explain the academic research value, practical significance, specific research objectives and methods. The second part will compare the image of China in the wrtings of Matteo Ricci with others under the background of China's image rheology, study how he established the connecting link status in the China's image formation process, and explore the power lines of the culture development behind symbols:Text only continued the spirit power of discovering the New World, but also triggered the Enlightenment and provide thinking arsenal to Voltaire and others. The third part recalled Ricci's legendary life experiences, combed the new development of Chines humongous land myth, depicted the image of Chinese Confucian group, and constructed an Emperor image which is majesty but without breaking life interest. The section explored Ricci's utopia-the image of the Chinese Emperor under the influence of Confucian thought from cultural Angle. The image put the emperor of absolute authority as a leader, regarded learned and loyal literati as an auxiliary, and took the management system and strict examination system as the backbone of the fair, in which ruler and people are harmony and seek happinese together. The fourth part discussed the mirror of China's image how to reflect the western cultural psychology and ideas from the ideological dimension. On the basis of Chinese-western language homologous and closed religious history did criticize the outdated China that was closed and arrogant so as to decline, which respected philosophy but desalts technology, and which exquisited manners but indulged superstition. In which the key construction is Chinese Buddhists image. Ricci strived to criticize Buddhism from all parties so that shut down the second Pope door contacting with Chinese Buddhism, in other words, Chinese people's inner world was difficult to comprehensive and profound understanding for them, and eventually set obstacles to the adaptive policy.The thesis analysed and demonstrated the image of China in the writings of Matteo Ricci from two perspectives of the utopian and ideology. By connecting it with different times, We found that:When the west can learn from China as a reference, draw inspiration and strength, it strongly beautified and deified China; when the West need highlight the superiority of their existence, it accused and belittled the image of China, even filled with fear of the existence and development of China. Otherness image reveals the expression of personal desire and terror, shows the needs and self-confidence of the western society, reflects the western cultural psychology and concept, and deliver culture utilizes purpose in cultural imagine.By a painful nirvana China finally said goodbye to the poor and outdated in the world, and has built the brilliant belonging to China. Today China faces many pressing realistic topic:how to draw or criticism civilized positive results from otherness, how to align themselves, how to promote the civilized image of China's world illusions. Using the imagologie Angle will undoubtedly help to understand the western method of knowing China, to adjust the image of China in the world, and to construct multivariate coexistence and harmony world culture in dialogue way. To which the topics such as the image of China in the writings of Metteo Ricci have important reference value and practical significance.