16世紀後期以降，以利瑪竇（Matteo Ricci, 1552–1610）為首的入華 耶穌會士傳入為數可觀的西學知識，在中國知識界產生諸多的迴響。清 代中葉以後，西學東漸的浪潮伴隨著歐洲勢力的擴張，持續在晚清社會 激起無數的波瀾。影響所及，清代臺灣方志的內文中，也出現若干涉及 天文、地理或博物類的西學論述。本文主要從知識史的角度，探究清代 臺灣方志引述西學的動機及其方式，剖析各類的西學元素在這些方志的 知識系統中所佔有的位置，並檢視不同時期的修志官紳對於西學或是西 教所抱持的態度。

From the sixteenth century onward, the Jesuits, headed by Matteo Ricci (1552-1610), introduced impressive amount of western knowledge into China, which brought about substantial response among the Chinese intellects. After the middle Ching period, the influence of western culture, along with the expansion of the European powers, continued to cause plentiful waves in the late-Ching society. As a consequence, western discussion on astronomy, geography, or natural history appeared in the text of Taiwan’s gazetteers. This paper is to investigate the motive and mode of adopting western learning assumed by gazetteers of the period, to analyze the role of western elements in the gazetteer knowledge system, and to inspect the attitudes held by official or gentry gazetteer writers towards western learning or western religion in various periods.

利瑪竇；西學；方志學；臺灣史

Matteo Ricci；Western learning；Gazetteers；History of Taiwan