融會中國與西方：香港中文大學圖書館所藏近代早期西方漢學要籍 Bringing Together China and the West: Books of Early Modern Western Sinology in the Chinese University of Hong Kong Library
香港中文大學（中大）被視為「一座連接古今、貫通東西的雙拱橋」。縱然中西各國在十九世紀後半期的衝突遠較合作為多，但在明朝至清初的漫長歲月裹，這兩個偉大的傳統是平等相待的。
這種相遇可以在當時出版的書籍中看到。近年中大圖書館增添不少此類珍本，這些藏書突顯了早期中西關係當中最重要的共同利益領域，亦很大程度反映了大學的現代院系建構。是次展覽透過中大圖書館日益增加的珍稀書籍，展示中國和歐洲在當時如何融合兩者的地理和文化距離。參觀者可從中國哲學和最早的朝代史研究，到生物醫學和機械工程等層面，思考現代大學與中西方各學科起源重疊的領域。
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) was envisaged as “a two-arched bridge between the past and the present, the East and the West.” While conflict arguably outweighed collaboration during the second half of the nineteenth century, the much longer span of time between the Ming and early Qing-dynasties saw an encounter between our two great traditions that took place on a much more equal-footing.
The encounter is visible in the books published in this period, which the CUHK Library has been collecting. These books highlight the most important areas of mutual interest in early China-Western relations, which to a large extent mirror the modern faculties and departments of our University. Using the Library’s growing collection of rare books, this exhibition shows how the geographical and cultural distance between China and Europe was bridged. As such, it invites visitors to consider the overlapping and connected Chinese and Western origins of many of the most dynamic areas of our modern University, from the study of China’s philosophy and earliest dynastic history, to biomedical science and mechanical engineering.
symposium.
這種相遇可以在當時出版的書籍中看到。近年中大圖書館增添不少此類珍本，這些藏書突顯了早期中西關係當中最重要的共同利益領域，亦很大程度反映了大學的現代院系建構。是次展覽透過中大圖書館日益增加的珍稀書籍，展示中國和歐洲在當時如何融合兩者的地理和文化距離。參觀者可從中國哲學和最早的朝代史研究，到生物醫學和機械工程等層面，思考現代大學與中西方各學科起源重疊的領域。
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) was envisaged as “a two-arched bridge between the past and the present, the East and the West.” While conflict arguably outweighed collaboration during the second half of the nineteenth century, the much longer span of time between the Ming and early Qing-dynasties saw an encounter between our two great traditions that took place on a much more equal-footing.
The encounter is visible in the books published in this period, which the CUHK Library has been collecting. These books highlight the most important areas of mutual interest in early China-Western relations, which to a large extent mirror the modern faculties and departments of our University. Using the Library’s growing collection of rare books, this exhibition shows how the geographical and cultural distance between China and Europe was bridged. As such, it invites visitors to consider the overlapping and connected Chinese and Western origins of many of the most dynamic areas of our modern University, from the study of China’s philosophy and earliest dynastic history, to biomedical science and mechanical engineering.
symposium.
