明末至澳門募葡兵的姜雲龍小考：兼答熊熊先生對“e-考據”的批評

A Brief Study of Jiang Yunlong's Macao Commission: With a Response to Mr. Xiong Xiong's Critique of "e-Evidential Research"

黃一農(Yi-Long Huang)

《近代史研究所集刊》 62期 (2008/12) Pp. 141-166

https://doi.org/10.6353/BIMHAS.200812.0141

摘要

崇禎三年(1630)，著名天主教士大夫徐光啟(1562-1633)奏遣姜雲龍(c. 1575-?)赴澳門募兵購砲，不料姜氏被控貪瀆冒餉，遭革職議罪，三百多名熟稔火器的援軍，亦在南昌遭遣返，終結了薩爾滸戰敗(1619)以來陸續引進西方砲學的努力。本文嘗試追索姜雲龍其人其事，希望能理解徐光啟為何會將此一重要任務交付姜氏，並探究西學在明末社會的穿透力與擴散力，同時兼論史學在「e-考據時代」所面臨的挑戰。

關鍵字

明史 ； 軍事史 ； 姜雲龍 ； 徐光啟 ； e-考據

並列摘要

In 1630, Jiang Yunlong (c. 1575-?) was sent to Macao to buy European cannon and hire Portuguese mercenaries by the famous late Ming Christian convert Xu Guangqi (1562-1633). Unfortunately, Jiang was accused of corruption and was suspended from his post and prosecuted. More than three hundred well-trained mercenary gunners that Jiang recruited were also sent back to Macao. Due to this incident, efforts to introduce European cannon in the wake of the defeat of the battle of Saerhu (1619) came to an unhappy end. This article investigates Jiang Yunlong's life and his social background to understand why Xu Guangqi chose to consign this important mission to Jiang, and to reexamine the issues surrounding how Western learning penetrated and spread in late Ming society. The results are finally treated as an example how historians can benefit from utilizing newly available massive electronic databases in the so-called ”e-evidential research era.”

並列關鍵字

Ming history ； military history ； Jiang Yunlong ； Xu Guangqi ； c-evidential research