张弛之间——古代天命思想与科技发展关系探讨

Relationship between Ancient Destiny Ideas and Science and Technology Development

古代产生的"天命"思想及周代对"天命"的新理解,把"人"推向了历史舞台之前台。使人可以从"天命可变"的角度去理解社会的变革及自然界的变化。自此以后,这一思想对于人类对自然界的探索和认识利用产生了深远的影响。特别是对于我国古代科技发展的演变起到了重要的作用。在一张一弛之间,我国的科技发展经历了由萌芽、积累、繁盛、到缓滞、落后。从中我们可以吸取不少的经验和教训。

Ancient destiny idea and new understanding of destiny in Zhou Dynasty makes people understand the change of society and nature, afterwards, the idea has a great impact on the exploration of nature and understanding, especially on ancient sci- ence and technology development. The development of science and technology in our country experienced the stages of budding, accumulation, flourishing, to slowing and backward, from which we drew some experiences.