明清之際入華耶穌會士“西儒"形象的確立始於利瑪竇的脫下僧袍改穿儒服。本文於眾說紛紜之中考證了這一舉措開始的時間與地點，並且論證，這一策略手段的實現，關鍵並不像以往中外論者所關注的是耶穌總會及教廷的批準與否，而在於明末社會，尤其是統治階層的是否認可。利瑪竇自身的學術素養，對中國文化的鉆研和明朝社會對不同階層服飾的具體規定是傳教士得以穿戴儒服儒冠的關節點。 The erection of the image of the "Western Confucians" of the Jesuits who came to China during the Ming and the Qing Dynasties began with Matteo Ricci's taking off kasaya and Putting Confucian clothes on.This paper defined the time and the place when and where Matteo Ricci took thes action in the variety of opinons on this matter,and argued that the key point for the realization of this stratregical means did not depend on whether the General Father of the Society of Jesus and Pope approved this action or not as the scholars at home and abroad concerned about in the past, but depended on whether the society of late Ming Dynasty, especially the ruling class approved this action or not. Matteo Ricci's own academic cultivation, his study for the dresses of the various classes were the key points for the missionaries' wearing Confucian clothes and hats. Born in 1951, the author is a Doctor of History, a professor of Department of History of Hangzhou University.
