16至18世紀的耶穌會會士對於中華文化理解與描繪出自於不同的來源。其一為傳教士藉由其在中國的所見所聞，全方位的理解、描繪與傳遞中華文化。其二，未曾來到中國的耶穌會會士則透過當時在中國耶穌會傳教士的書信與相關於中國的著作，著書向當時的歐洲社會介紹中華文化。其中，耶穌會神父杜赫德（Jean Baptiste du Halde, 1674-1743）未曾到過中國，卻藉著早期來華傳教士的書信與相關著作，於1735年撰寫了四卷本關於中國的著作：《中華帝國全志》（Description de l’empire de la Chine）。此書包含了27卷耶穌會會士關於中國的書信。杜赫德認為耶穌會傳教士向法國國王報告中國傳教士工作的書信，不應只做為檔案資料，而應公開成書，好讓當時的歐洲人能全面地了解中國此神秘的東方國度中，各民族的風土民情與習俗。此書不僅介紹了當時中國關於宗教、倫理、文化與習俗，同時也對當時的少數民族做了介紹。杜赫德對於少數民族的理解可說是建基於早期來華耶穌會傳教士的視域融合。本文擬由早期來華耶穌會傳教士對於少數民族的描述為起點，探究未曾來過中國的耶穌會會士杜赫德如何透過早期來華耶穌會傳教士的書信報告，對當時中國的少數民族進行文化理解與描繪。

The early Western missionaries in China from 16th to 18th Centuries wrote their cultural understanding on China based on different sources. One part came from the understanding of missionaries who were in China, the other part came from the missionaries in Europe who used the letters and reports written by the Jesuits in China and edited these sources to be books for the European readers. The Jesuit Jean Baptiste du Halde (1674-1743) has never been to China, but wrote books related to China according to the written sources by the other missionaries in China. In 1735, he published four volumes books regarding to China, namely The General History of China/Empire of China: Chinese Tartary, Corea and Tibet which contained letters and reports written by the Jesuit missionaries in China. Du Halde thought that all of these materials should not only be kinds of “archive”, but books, so that more European could understand China more in details. The understanding of Du Halde on the ethnic minorities was based on the letters and reports by the other western missionaries in China. His understanding and interpretation could be treated as the second fusion of Horizon based on the first impression of the other missionaries. This paper aims to explore how Du Halde understood and interpreted the ethnic minorities in China in his works.