| 英文摘要: |
This article is intended to explore the sources of the contents of a work Lülü Zuan Yao（《律吕纂要》）, which was written by the Portuguese Jesuit Tomás Pereira (1645-1708) before 1707, probably in the 1680’s, and unpublished while retaining its manuscript and transcripts. It points out that the German outstanding scholar Athanasius Kircher (1601-1680) was associated with some Jesuits who came to China, and a lot of his works were brought to China by Jesuits when he was living. These probably helped to bring about the introduction of some contents in his Musurgia Universalis (Rome, 1650) into China. The present author considers that some contents in Lülü Zuan Yao originated from Musurgia Universalis. In result, the work Lülü Zuan Yao firstly introduced into China the elementary knowledge of musical theory in Europe, including notation, tone, interval, scale, metre, rhythm and tempo, dating from the late period of the Middle Ages to the 17th century. |
