早期以英语为媒介的中学西渐

鸦片战争前夕,伴随着基督教新教大规模东进,传教士在向中国介绍西学的同时,自觉或不自觉地以英语为媒介向西方介绍中学。传教士向西方介绍中学的努力,一方面是为了更好地在中国居住和传教,有效配合列强对华掠夺,另一方面也使中学多了一个直接走向世界的窗口,有助于中西学术的对话和交流。

Early Introduction of Chinese Learning into the West through English Medium

At the time of the massive eastward expansion of the Protestantism prior to the outbreak of the Opium War, its missionaries, while introducing the Western learning into the Chinese world, consciously or unconsciously helped to introduce the Chinese learning into the West through a direct medium of English. Self-evidently, their introduction activities were to help Westerners to reside and preach in (China), and to assist Western big powers in their trade plunder. On the other hand, as well as promoting Sino-Western academic dialogues and exchanges, their activities served as a direct channel to the world for the Chinese learning .