中西文化较大规模的接触,是从明末利玛窦等西方传教士来华以后开始的。作为最早正式介绍西方宗教和学术思想的奠基人,利玛窦对于发展中国和欧洲的文化交流起到了十分重要的作用。刊玛窦来华的主要目的是传播基督教,但是同时他又向中国介绍了大量的西方科学技术知识,并把中国文化正式介绍到西方。他是一个非常复杂的人物,这就加深了系统研究他的生平和思想的难度。作为第一个西方科学文化的传播者,他对中西文化的交流产生了深远的、积极的影响。例如,我国著名的科学家徐光启就从他那里学到许多有益 The larger-scale contacts between Chinese and Western cultures began after Western missionaries such as Ricci in the late Ming came to China. As the earliest official introduction of western religion and academic thought, Ricci played a very important role in developing cultural exchanges between China and Europe. The main purpose of Matteo’s visit to China was to spread Christianity, but at the same time, he introduced a large amount of western science and technology knowledge to China and officially introduced Chinese culture to the West. He is a very complex figure, which deepens the difficulty of systematically studying his life and thoughts. As the first communicator of Western science and culture, he had a far-reaching and positive impact on the exchange of Chinese and Western cultures. For example, Xu Guangqi, a famous scientist in our country, learned so much from him