19世纪金星凌日天象在中西方的反响——从郭嵩焘使英日记切入

The Transits of Venus Evoked Response in the 19th Century Western and China——Start with Kuo Sung-tao Diary

纵观19世纪金星凌日天象奇观的发生史,在不同地域、不同国家、不同种族和阶层人们的视域中都有其不同的意义。文章从郭嵩焘使英日记中三段关于金星凌日的记述切入,从金星凌日与郭嵩焘,天体观测与社会大众,阐释自然与国家利益三个维度逐层深入,剖析同一天文现象在西方世界与晚清中国两种文化和社会中产生的不同反响。

The part begins with the transits of Venus in 1874 in Kuo diary,it has same reports and variety of responses among different countries. This passage interprets it from three aspects： the transits of Venus and Kuo, observation celestial bodies and the public, to interpretation of nature and national interest.