明末清初公理化方法未能在我国广泛传播的原因

The Reason that the Influence of Axiomatic Method not Great in the Late of Ming Dynast and in the Early of Qing Dynast

明末清初随着《几何原本》等西方文献的汉译,在西方社会盛行了近两千年的公理化方法来到了中国。这种方法中国古代没有,且和近代科学的关系密切,本应受到国人的欢迎,并能尽快在科学研究中应用和传播。但事实却相反,公理化方法传入后一直被国人冷落,直到晚清。从当时的实际出发,我们认为这主要有三个原因:1、《几何原本》生涩难读;2、“西学中源”说轻视西方科学;3、公理化方法传来的时候本身不完整。正是这三个原因造成了当时公理化方法传播的停滞。

In the late of Ming dynast and in the early of Qing dynast,much western scientific knowledge was introduced into China by missionaries,so the axiomatic method came to our country together.The axiomatic method was really useful to the development of modern science and technology,but then Chinese did not attach the importance on it.According the fact of then,we think there were three chief reasons.The first one is that the Chinese edition of Elements was very difficult to read,and the second one is the idea that all western knowledge originated from China belittle the axiomatic method,the third one is that no logic knowledge came with it then.These three reasons let the spread of axiomatic method stagnate for a long time.