Chinese science and technology have interacted with other cultural traditions,both directly and indirectly,for thousands of years.The ongoing discussions of“Silk Road,”or rather“Silk Roads”are emblematic of knowle...Chinese science and technology have interacted with other cultural traditions,both directly and indirectly,for thousands of years.The ongoing discussions of“Silk Road,”or rather“Silk Roads”are emblematic of knowledge dissemination and the global connectivity of Chinese society.Modern Chinese science and technology can be understood as the product of practical,technical and theoretical knowledge developments in China,and an exchange with Western learning and other knowledge traditions.The distinctive history of Chinese science and technology can help us to understand how science and technology emerges and evolves and how it is communicated in globalization processes.Historical sources and new archaeological discoveries in China have been intensively studied since the beginning of the twentieth century.The results of this research,however,have been published mainly in Chinese,so that the vast majority of results and historical data remain unknown to the international community.展开更多
From the 1580s onwards,Catholic missionaries introduced European mechanical clocks into China as gifts for officials or emperors,with the aim of establishing a good relationship with the Chinese leadership in order to...From the 1580s onwards,Catholic missionaries introduced European mechanical clocks into China as gifts for officials or emperors,with the aim of establishing a good relationship with the Chinese leadership in order to do missionary work.After the seventeenth century,European clock-makers in the imperial palace made complicated clocks according to the emperors’desires.There were a number of workshops for producing European-style clocks in Guangzhou,Suzhou,Nanjing,and other cities during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.It was,however,difficult for the experienced craftsmen to innovate new clockwork.The main reasons for the development of European clock technology in China were its technical superiority,the missionaries’introduction,and the Chinese interest in clocks.展开更多
文摘Chinese science and technology have interacted with other cultural traditions,both directly and indirectly,for thousands of years.The ongoing discussions of“Silk Road,”or rather“Silk Roads”are emblematic of knowledge dissemination and the global connectivity of Chinese society.Modern Chinese science and technology can be understood as the product of practical,technical and theoretical knowledge developments in China,and an exchange with Western learning and other knowledge traditions.The distinctive history of Chinese science and technology can help us to understand how science and technology emerges and evolves and how it is communicated in globalization processes.Historical sources and new archaeological discoveries in China have been intensively studied since the beginning of the twentieth century.The results of this research,however,have been published mainly in Chinese,so that the vast majority of results and historical data remain unknown to the international community.
文摘From the 1580s onwards,Catholic missionaries introduced European mechanical clocks into China as gifts for officials or emperors,with the aim of establishing a good relationship with the Chinese leadership in order to do missionary work.After the seventeenth century,European clock-makers in the imperial palace made complicated clocks according to the emperors’desires.There were a number of workshops for producing European-style clocks in Guangzhou,Suzhou,Nanjing,and other cities during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.It was,however,difficult for the experienced craftsmen to innovate new clockwork.The main reasons for the development of European clock technology in China were its technical superiority,the missionaries’introduction,and the Chinese interest in clocks.
