本書主要以法國來華傳教士李明的《中國近事報導》為研究對象, 從該書的寫作特點、主要內容、對中國禮儀之爭影響和對伏爾泰、魁奈、萊布尼茨等啟蒙思想家的影響四方面進行研究, 凸顯出李明在中外文化交流史上的貢獻和地位.--OCLC record.

目錄. 序. 前言
第一章 “國王數學家”李明來華
第一節 保教權下的中國
第二節 “國王數學家”李明來華
第三節 李明回國時間考
第四節 李明在中國的活動
第二章《中國近事報導》的主要內容及寫作特點
第一節《中國近事報導》出版前法國對中國的認識
第二節《中國近事報導》的主要內容及其寫作特點
第三章《中國近事報導》的中國形象（上）
第一節 中國人的性格
第二節 中國女人
第三節 軍人、軍事
第四節 中國政治制度
第四章《中國近事報導》的中國形象（下）
第一節 瓷器、建築
第二節 茶、人參
第三節 中國的水果
第五章《中國近事報導》與“禮儀之爭”
第一節 “禮儀之爭”的背景
第二節《中國近事報導》與“禮儀之爭”
第三節索邦神學院對《中國近事報導》的批評
第六章《中國近事報導》對啟蒙思想家的影響
第一節《中國近事報導》對伏爾泰的影響
第二節《中國近事報導》對魁奈的影響
第三節《中國近事報導》對萊布尼茨的影響
第四節《中國近事報導》對其他思想家的影響
結語.
附錄一 李明在華期問未刊信札. 附錄二《中國近事報導》的常見版本
參考文獻. 外國人名中西文對照表. 後記.

Local access dig.pdf. [Le Comte-Memoirs English.pdf]

Memoirs and observations topographical, physical, mathematical, mechanical, natural, civil, and ecclesiastical. Made in a late journey through the Empire of China, and published in several letters. Particularly upon the Chinese pottery and varnishing; the silk and other manufactures; the pearl fishing; the history of plants and animals. Description of their cities and publick works; number of people, their language, manners and commerce; their habits, oeconomy, and government. The philosophy of Confucius. The state of Christianity, with many other curious and useful remarks / Louis Le Comte

"The Jesuit and the 'false princess of China': a contested exile narrative in 1690s Paris" / Heath, Sean

Published in Renaissance Studies, v.39, issue 1 (2024)

Also available through Boston College Libraries

Abstract:
This article examines the fabrication and contestation of a false exile narrative in early modern France. At its centre was Ina, a young woman found on the streets of Paris in the winter of 1692. Claiming to be a Chinese princess who had ended up penniless in France after a long sequence of misfortunes, she gained the attention of members of the Parisian elite but was subsequently shown to be a fraud by Louis Le Comte, a Jesuit and former missionary in China. Ina had refashioned herself as an exile, pretending to be abandoned in a foreign land, far from her home, family and culture. This was not normally a desirable situation, but in her case, ‘faking’ the status of a lonely royal exile was an innovative strategy through which certain tendencies of the late seventeenth-century French elites – including religious impulses to charity and fascination with China – were leveraged to improve (temporarily) her standing in French society. However, the concurrence of her imposture with the intensification of the Chinese Rites controversy turned the debate over her authenticity into a proxy for a broader struggle over Jesuit expertise.