景教东渐及传入中国的希腊—拜占庭文化

Abstract

Nestorianism,the heretic sect of the Christianity, having been persecuted in the Byzantine Empire, was spread into Persia and the Central Asia, and further into China. Its diffusion into the hinterland of China could, by the sounder sources we possesses, be dated back to the first half of the 6th century instead of the first half of the 7th century. The earliest Nestorians availed themselves of every means to serve their missions, introducing thereby to China the GreekByzantine medicine, architectural and mechanical techniques, astrological knowledge and Nestorian art, which found traceable echoes in Chinese sources.

景教是产生于拜占庭帝国境内叙利亚地方的基督教异端,它在受到东正教会打击后向东传播,进入波斯、中亚并扩展到中国境内。景教传入中国境内乃至中原地区的时间,至少可推至6世纪前半叶,景教碑记载的贞观九年(635年)并非景教入华的最初年限。进入中原的景教徒为了传教事业,展开积极的文化活动,将特质不同于华夏文化的希腊-拜占庭医学、建筑、机械制造、天文学和景教艺术等引入了中国,在中国典籍中留下了斑斑陈迹。

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