英国皇家学会的中国知识采集机制(1660-1820年)

The Mechanism of Collecting China-related Knowledge at the Royal Society in Early Modern Britain(1660-1820)

有必要在全球知识流通和区域交往接触的背景下,重新审视全球史与科学史是如何交织在一起的。通过分析1660-1820年英国皇家学会对中国知识展开调研收集的具体案例和方法,可以进一步了解跨国知识流通的物质与制度条件,从而认识英国皇家学会的中国知识采集机制。科学通讯制度、耶稣会信息网络、物流机制与跨国人员流通等因素共同构建了近代早期知识采集与流动的主要途径,跨国多重交流范式交叠融通的历史蕴含了中外文明互鉴的宝贵经验。

In the context of global knowledge circulation and transregional interactions,it is significant to reexamine how global history and the history of science become intertwined.By analyzing specific cases and methods of the Royal Society's research and collection of China-related knowledge from 1660 to 1820,we can further understand the material and institutional conditions of transnational knowledge circulation.By doing so,we can explore the mechanism through which the society acquired China-related knowledge.The scientific correspondence system,the Jesuit information network,logistics mechanism,and the transnational flow of personnel have jointly constituted the primary pathways for knowledge acquisition and circulation in the Middle Ages and Early Modern periods.The history of overlapping and integrating multiple transnational communication paradigms also contains valuable experiences of mutual learning between Chinese and foreign civilizations.