明清两朝顽固的守旧官僚对待西方天主教及基督教新教的态度是刻薄的,这是对宗教信仰自由及基本人权的无知和蔑视。基督教传教士梯山航海来中国布道传教,这本身就等于向中土华夏士子宣布,信仰自由乃人权概念的题中应有之义。传教士的宽厚仁爱与中国官员文人的刻薄尖酸形成鲜明对照。中国守旧的士大夫文人及清朝昏庸官吏对上述基本理念一无所知。他们只知一味捍卫“天朝上国”的国家尊严。今天的人当从这一段历史事实中懂得:以封闭的中国酋长态度拒绝外人传教,适足以损害自己国内人民的基本权利和信仰自由。受害的乃是自己的国民。中国朝廷种种表面胜利,其实包含着极大的危险——使自己远离主流国际社会不知几许远矣。关起门来,拒人于千里之外,这总不是外交上的上乘之策! The stubborn conservative bureaucrats in both Ming and Qing dynasties treated the Western Catholic and Protestant Protestants with a harsh attitude, which was ignorance and contempt for the freedom of religion and fundamental human rights. The fact that Christian missionaries came to China for missionary work, in and of themselves, is tantamount to declaring to the Chinese Hua Xiashi son that the concept of freedom of belief is the essence of human rights. The generous kindness of missionaries contrasts sharply with the bitterness of Chinese officials and literati. The old Chinese literati and literati and the deceitful officials in the Qing dynasty knew nothing of the above basic concepts. They only knew to defend the dignity of the country in which “heaven is on the world”. Today’s people should know from this historical fact that they refuse foreigners preaching with a closed chief of the Chinese people and are enough to undermine the fundamental rights and freedom of belief of their own people. The victims are their own people. The triumphant success of the Chinese court contains in fact a tremendous danger - it is far from certain that the international community should be far away from the mainstream. Closing the door, rejecting people thousands of miles away, this is not always superior diplomatic strategy!