西方地震知识在华早期传播与中国现代地震学的兴起

The Early Diffusion of the Occident Seismic Knowledge and the Rise of Modern Seismology in China

从17世纪开始,西方地震知识就在中国逐渐得到传播;18世纪时则影响到康熙帝形成著名的地震思想;19世纪至20世纪初,这一传播的途径、内涵、主体和影响都发生了变化,并最终推动了现代地震学在中国的诞生。

Ever since the seventeenth century, the occident seismic knowledge had been spread gradually in China. In the eighteenth century, these knowledge influenced the formation of the seismic thought of Emperor Kang Xi. From the nineteenth century to the early twentieth century, this diffusion changed in its approach, connotation, subject as well as the influence, which ultimately promoted the birth of modern seismology in China. This paper thoroughly investigates the whole process of this knowledge diffusion for the first time, reveals some rarely-known facts, and discusses the signs of the rise of modern seismology in China and some other related questions.