Abstract: In an effort to get the Qing court to lift the ban on trade at Macao the Portuguese sent a mission to
present a lion as imperial tribute． At that time the Chinese literati and officials warmly praised the
Portugal present of a lion and raised the political significance of the gift of the lion． But as time went on，
the incident gradually blurred，the Qing Wen literati began，following traditional cultural imagination，to
reconstruct the incident． In later Qing literary accounts，the historical fact of the gift of the lion
unexpectedly turned into a legend． After layers of anecdotes that distorted the truth，and the truth of the
matter was eventually lost in the mists of history．

摘要：        康熙年间，葡萄牙为了使清廷解禁对澳门贸易的封锁政策，派遣使团向清廷进献狮子。当时的中国文人、官员对葡萄牙献狮事件进行了热烈的颂扬，并将葡萄牙献狮的意义提高到政治层面。但随着时间的推移，葡人献狮事件逐渐模糊起来，清代文人们开始以一种传统的文化想象来重新建构这一事件。在
以后的清代文献记载中，献狮这一历史事件竟然变成传说、轶事而失其真，以致最终被湮没在历史的重重迷雾中。