柯毅霖 香港中文大学
Criveller, Gianni, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
原文Original
The Jesuits’ Visual Culture Accommodated in China during the last Decades of the Ming Dynasty
The narrations of the Life of Jesus in the first collections of religious images published by the Jesuits in Late Ming China (17th century) played a significant role in the accommodation, Jesuits’ method of evangelization.
In this presentation I illustrate the different degrees of accommodation adopted by Jesuits João Da Rocha, Giulio Aleni and Adam Schall Von Bell in their visual collections, produced respectively in 1619, 1637 and 1640, in collaboration with Chinese artists.
The European work that served as inspiration and model for the Jesuits’ images in China was a collection of images very well-known in Jesuit circles at the end of 16th century: the Evangelicae Historiae Imagines (1593) by Jerónimo Nadal. The acquisition of Nadal’s precious volume in China Jesuits’ residences is attested as early as 1605, when Matteo Ricci was the superior of the Mission.
译文Translation
耶稣会视觉文化在中国晚明时期的“本土化”
《耶稣生平》的故事属于耶稣会在晚明（17世纪）于中国印制的第一批宗教画像，它在耶稣会推行“本土化”传教策略中发挥了举足轻重的作用。
在这篇报告中，我将对耶稣会会士罗儒望、艾儒略和汤若望在选用视觉图像上所表现出的不同程度的“本土化策略”加以说明。这些图像是在中国艺术家的帮助下创作的，产生时间分别为1619年，1637年和1640年。
耶稣会在中国印制宗教画像时所采用的范本是杰罗姆·内达尔创作的《福音故事图像》（或译为《天主降生出像经解》，1593年在欧洲印制）。在16世纪末，这一作品在耶稣会的圈子里无人不知。可以得到证实的是，耶稣会在中国的传教团早在1605年就购买了内达尔的《福音故事图像》，而那时的耶稣会传教团领袖正是利玛窦。