摘要
研究清代的科学社会史,必须正视清王朝系由一个少数民族所建立这一事实。诚然,中国历史上不乏异族入主中原的先例,但与北朝和元代的统治者们相比,清初的君主们似乎面临着汉族知识分子更强烈的精神反抗,此外他们还不得不提防西方科技文明对中国千年封建道统的冲击。为了表明自己移宅中土的合理性。
In the early-Qing dynasty, the nationalism which originated in the adherents ofthe Ming dynasty had transmuted, because both the rulers and the intellectuals neededto extend the traditional concept of 'the defence between the savages and the Chinese'(夷夏之防). This fact deeply influenced the astronomy-mathematics of the wholeQing dynasty. This paper investigates various changes of astronomy-mathematics inthis period caused by the transmutation. In particular, it gives tentative comments onsome historic facts, including the prosperity of the theory of 'the Western learningoriginated from China' (西学中源), the appearance of some books of astronomy-mathematics written by imperial orders, the efforts of formalization made by somefamous scholars, the origins of the doctrine of 'the Chinese essence and the Westernapplication' (中体西用) in the astronomy-mathematics. Meanwhile, the author alsotries to analyse the role of astronomy-mathematics in the intellectual history of theQing dynasty.
出处
《自然辩证法通讯》
CSSCI
北大核心
1991年第3期42-52,共11页
Journal of Dialectics of Nature
