晚清医学传教的空间转换与现代传播工具的崛起

晚清以降,大批传教医生进入中国,以传教为原动力,以医疗空间为平台,致力于医学传教活动。有感于中国人信医不信教的严峻现实,部分传教医生积极转变角色,努力拓展传播空间,兴建院校,译书著说,特别是利用报刊这种新型舆论空间,从而开创了西医东渐的新局面,在我国近代西医传播史上产生深远历史影响。

The Objective,Space and Influence of Medical Mission during Late Qing Dynasty

During Late Qing Dynasty,the preliminary purpose of medical mission was to lead Chinese to convert to the gospel of Christ.However,the outcome turned to be another kind of historical picture: many western missionaries in China established schools,western social associations,translated western books and founded western newspapers.These modern tools of communication not only transmitted western medicine to China but also added some modern factors into China,especially the wide-spread use of newspapers symboli...