《告乡里文》:一则新发现的徐光启遗文及其解读

明崇祯《松江府志》卷6"物产"有徐宗伯玄扈《告乡里文》一则,是关于徐光启和中国农史的重要史料,对于研究徐光启的生平事迹、农学思想的形成、传统农业对于灾害的应对,乃至农学知识的传播等,都有重要的参考价值。迄今为止,《告乡里文》尚不见于《徐光启集》等文集之中,也不见有学者的引证和研究。文章首次将其揭橥学界,对其加以点读、释注,并结合其产生的背景进行初步的解读,期待国内外同好更多的关注。

To My Villagers:a Newly-found Essay Written by Xu Guangqi and Its Interpretation

As an essay written by Xu Guangqi (1562-1633),a famous scientist,statesman and one of the earliest Catholics towards the end of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644),with important reference value to the study of Xus life,thought,traditional response of agriculture to disaster,and the spread of agricultural knowledge,To My Villagers is neither seen in his collected works nor cited or studied by scholars before. Now the essay has been found in the Records of the Songjiang Prefecture (16). This paper gives the first modern style text of the essay,as well as a primary interpretation and study based on its background.