Study On The Boanerges Julio Aleni Who Came To China In Late Ming Dynasty

This paper is about the activities of Julio Aleni in China who was a boanerges and came to China in late Ming Dynasty. Julio Aleni came from Italy and his Chinese name was Ai rulue,or Ai siji. He had living China since 1613 until died in fujian 1649. His learning was deep and rich, so he was praised as "Confucius comes from the west ", "Fujian pope ", and called as " a generation of giants " with Matteo Ricci too. He devoted to Catholicism in China especially spread of the area of Fujian in all his life. His activities influenced the society in the end of Ming Dynasty deeply. He was a personage that can't be ignored on the exchange history of Chinese and foreign culture of Ming and Qing Dynasties. But now, Attention of the academia to Aleni isn't according with his influence in the history. By the looks of the relevant research results both at home and abroad that were collected by the writer, some discussions were not deep enough about Aleni such as his life , preaching, contribution ect. So fail to stress his due status in the history of Chinese and foreign cultural exchanges. As " Fujian pope " of Catholicism at end of Ming Dynasty, The contribution that Aleni did was not at all more inferior than Matteo Ricci. This is the place where deserve the close attention of us even more. His contribution made toward Chinese and Western cultural exchanges, should get abundant affirmation and commendation. His spirit for sparing no effort to promote the Chinese and Western cultural exchanges at end of Ming Dynasty is more worth our studying and developing. The text of the paper includes six parts. First part Sum up Aleni'S life, Second part Introduce his situation among 1613 years - 1625 years, The third part Introduce his preaching and moving about in Fujian, The fourth part Introduce his situation before and after the Religious case of Fujian. The fifth part describe in detail the era background that he preaches in China, his succeeds and regretting and his influence to late Ming society. The sixth part Ones that analyse the common and difference between Aleni and Matteo Ricci. The last part is a brief summary. The article regards the development of the time and space as the clue.