Cong jingyi tang dao gongle tang : kai bu qian Shanghai Tianzhujiao hui de shuji kanke 從敬一堂到共樂堂：開埠前上海天主教會的書籍刊刻 = From the Jingyitang Church to the Gongletang Church: The Printing by Catholic Churches in Shanghai During the Late Ming and Qing Dynasties (1640-1853) / by Chen Tuo 陳拓

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Published in Guoji hanxue 國際漢學 = International Sinology, no.6 (2025): 47-58, 152.

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Abstract:

作爲近代中國出版中心，上海以出版西學書籍見長，但 1843 年開埠前上海的西書出版卻鮮 受關注。由於特定的歷史原因，西學長期依託於教會和教會書籍進行傳播。明清時期上海天主教會的書 籍出版可分爲敬一堂時期（約 17 世紀下半葉）、共樂堂時期（約 1824—1853）和慈母堂 / 土山灣印書館 時期（19 世紀 50 年代至 1958 年）三個階段。本文聚焦於前兩個時期，利用已訪到的敬一堂刻本 13 種、 共樂堂刻本 10 種，分析各自的歷史與特色，並附論同期上海其他教堂、教徒的書籍刊刻與傳抄活動。通 過發掘上海西書出版的前史，旨在追尋明清時期西方知識與信仰在上海傳播的內在脈絡。

As the publishing center of modern China, Shanghai is renowned for its publication of Western books. However, the city’s printing history prior to its opening as a treaty port in 1843 is often overlooked. Because of specific historical circumstances, the dissemination of Western learning in the form of church books is a cultural phenomenon. The Catholic churches in Shanghai began printing Chinese texts as early as the late Ming and early Qing period. This time could be broadly divided into three periods: the Jingyitang church period（around the latter half of the 17th century）, the Gongletang church period（around 1824–1853）, and the Cimutang church/T’ou-sè-wè period（1850s–1958）. This paper focuses on the first two periods. Based on at least 13 texts printed by the Jingyitang church and 10 texts by the Gongletang church in libraries worldwide, this study analyzes their respective historical context and the features of each period. It also discusses other printed and hand-written texts produced by various churches and Catholics in Shanghai during the same period. By exploring the early history of Western book publishing in Shanghai, this paper aims to trace the internal context of dissemination of Western knowledge and beliefs during the late Ming and Qing dynasties.