예수회 신부 吳漁山의 ‘十年海上’ 사목활동과 天學詩 고찰 ― “글로벌-로컬”의 관점을 중심으로

Abstract

This paper attempts to review the Jesuit priest Wu Li’s missionary work in Shanghai from a “global-local” perspective. To achieve this goal, the first part of the paper examines Wu’s life in the Old Catholic Church in Shanghai and figure out his attitude towards Western scientific knowledge, one of the two major axes in the missionary works of the Society of Jesus in China. The second part focuses on Father Wu's effort of his missionary work, forgetting how grey his hair turned and crossing the Huangpu River for ten years. In this presentation, Wu Li’s pastoral activities on Shanghai will be introduced first through poems in Sanyuji(三餘集). Father Wu Li, who lived in 17th 18th century, would never have been aware of the progress of globalization. However, Wu Li who became a Catholic priest, can be regarded as a trailblazer in overcoming the tension between the view of Catholic seeking universal values and the view of Chinese intellectuals focusing on Confucianism.