何国宗的生平与成就

Life of He Guo-zong and His Contribution

清初西方科学技术随着众多传教士的涌入而大量引进。朝廷及社会中的有识之士积极引进、消化、吸收并试图与中国传统科学技术相融合。何国宗生于天文世家,能够在精通中国传统科学技术的同时,较早的接触并学习西方先进的科学技术。在这一时期何国宗参与了历书的编写和地图测绘工作,与传教士开展了长期深入的合作。还参与制定了许多可行的水利工程治理方案,减轻了水灾对百姓的造成的损失。作为中国传统的科学家,他在书法上也有极高的造诣。在生活中,他乐于与别人分享自己的研究成果,被广为称赞。通过对何国宗全方位的研究,对于我们认识当时的中国科学家是一个很好的案例。

In the beginning period of Qing,emperor ＂Kangxi＂ and ＂Qianlong＂ absorb the advanced science and technology of Western countries brought by missionaries.Men of insight in our country worked hard to learn the new knowledge and join them together.He Gou-zong was born in a family working on astronomy.So he was good at our traditional science and technology and learned western＇s earlier.In this period,He Gou-zong had participated in ephemeris writing and geographical mapping.During these works,he cooperated with missionaries deeply.Besides,he took part in making programs to the water conservancy project.It helped to induce the damage caused by inundation.As a traditional scientist of China,He Gou-zong was also a calligrapher.He was happy to share his findings and was widely praised.The research on him is a good example very helpful for us to know our country＇s scientists in that period.