十六世纪末十七世纪初,西方传教士接踵来到中国。利玛窦作为西方传教士中的佼佼者,在了解中国文化的过程中,不断调和西方与东方之间的种种差别,制定了符合中国国情的传教策略,充分展现了其调和艺术,吸引了一批人皈依基督教,为天主教在中国的传播奠定了基础。 Late in the 16th and early 17th centuries, Western missionaries came to China one after another. Matteo Ricci as a leader in the Western missionaries, in understanding the process of Chinese culture, continue to reconcile the West and the East, the differences between the formulation of the mission in line with China’s national conditions, fully demonstrated its harmonic art, attracted a Converting people to Christianity has laid the foundation for the spread of Catholicism in China.