Careers in Western Science in Nineteenth-Century China

Xu Shou and Xu Jianyin

Bibliographic Data

ID12563830
AuthorsDavid Wright (0000-0001-8130-656X, corresponding author)
Year1995
Volume5
Issue1
Pages49-90
Publication date1995-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of the Royal Asiatic Society (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1356-1863 • E-ISSN: 1474-0591
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s135618630001350x
OpenAlexW2329822814
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited23

The Western science and technology which invaded China during the mid-nineteenthcentury, in the wake of European military and economic aggression, entered a culture witha long indigenous tradition of natural philosophy, formed by extraordinary figures suchas Zhang Heng (78–139), Sun Simiao (581–682), Ge Hong (c. 21–341), Shen Gua (1031–1095) and Song Yingxing (c. 1587–1665). Moreover, as modern research has shown, China was, at least until about A.D. 1400, moreadvanced scientifically and technologically than Western Europe in many respects. Thesmall minority of late Qing scholars who showed any interest in the natural world or intechnology could console themselves that they were working within a noble but neglected side-stream of Chinese culture

Ancient history · Archaeology · China · Indigenous · Natural (archaeology · Chinese history and philosophy · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis · History · History of Science and Natural History · Ecology

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