Says Mei: "This is where the Jesuits established the first Western-type university in the Far East, while Chinese scholars such as Hong Xiuquan, Lin Zexu, Liang Qichao, Kang Youwei and Cheng Guanying spent time here absorbing Western learning." Macau emerged unscathed from WWII, and many of its original Portuguese-language documents have been preserved intact, providing an invaluable resource for research into cultural and religious exchanges between East and West.
「耶穌會在這兒建立了遠東第一所西式大學，清代西學學者如洪秀全、林則徐、梁啟超、康有為、鄭觀應，也都在澳門汲取養分」，魏美昌說，澳門未受二次大戰戰火波及，許多原始的葡文檔案完整地保存著，對研究東西文化、宗教交流史的人們是一大寶庫。