Defense And Interpretation:The Research Of Christian Apologetic Literature And Its Thought In The Late Ming And Early Qing Dynasty

The jesuits mission to China in Ming and Qing dynasty is not for the first time,nor the last time that Christianity came to China. Due to the relative openness,equality between the two sides of Chinese and western attitude, make the third time of Christianity in China in Chinese and western civilization almost to forget each other, when they met again, presents the heterogeneous culture. Jesuit mission to cooperate in China, and adopted the policy of "cultural adaptation", they study Chinese words, speak Chinese, read Chinese books, translation of western works and Chinese literati cooperation, even writing in Chinese. Chinese Christians also actively for these books inscribed kan, writing in apologetics activities to defend the Christian. The engraving printing technology has been mature, In addition Ming and early qing dynasty, and the official and folk have a habit of Ke Shu, this is for future generations left a large number of valuable met about the culture of the literature,including a large number of defended Christian apologetics literature. Christian apologetics literature in the Ming and Qing dynasties is the Christian missionary in the face of criticism of Christianity and Chinese society at that time the attack.Including the books which against offical anti-christian, and the folk or Buddhism,Taoism anti-christian. Is worth questioning in the formation process of apologetics works, the role of Chinese believers is particularly important, the most apologetic work was done by the Chinese believers. At present, although there are some pieces of achievement academia between Ming dynasty and early qing for the study of the Christian apologetics, but the basic are the literature translation or finishing, and relatively simple, But there almost no special book which is Combing Christian apologetics literature and system, and then in-depth analysis research of Christian apologetics thought between Ming dynasty and early qing, So I want to sort out the historical data, especially for believers and jesuit distinguishes the sorting and study of teaching literature, In a compiled "selected works of Ming and qing dynasties Catholic jihadists thought", through detailed analysis of the overall and specific case study to show Christian apologetics thought between Ming dynasty and early qing,To explore how do the belives defend the legitimacy of the Christian and counter when they face of scholars especially the attack of Christianity by Confucianism,Buddhism, Taoism.