After the Catholicism spread into Hanzhong at the end of Ming dynasty and the beginning of Qing dynasty, it went through three stages: the initial stage, the great development stage, and the stage of fitting in with socialism.

• 天主教在明末清初传入汉中地区以后 ,经历了开创时期、大发展时期和与社会主义相适应时期三个阶段。