New Learning's Hard Journey: The Course of the Rise of Science and Culture in China

Author: Liu Da Chun, Wu Xianghong
Author Country: China
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Publish Date: 2003-09-01
Features: The author of A Hard Journey of Learning attempts to introduce the spread and rise of Western learning in modern China by historically documenting major scientific and cultural events in China from the 16th to the 20th centuries. It also aims to address the "Needham Question." The book is richly illustrated, making it easy and enjoyable to read, and highly thought-provoking.
"From the 1st century BC to the 15th century AD, the Chinese, in applying natural knowledge and meeting human needs, once surpassed the Europeans. So why did the Scientific Revolution not occur in China during the modern era?" For nearly a century, this question has puzzled scholars both in China and abroad, including Dr. Joseph Needham, yet no one has provided a satisfactory answer, leading it to be known as the "Needham Question."
This book narrates the major scientific and cultural events that took place in China from the 16th to the 20th centuries in chronological order, introducing the transmission, development, struggles, and eventual rise of Western modern science and culture in China from a historical perspective. Some of its viewpoints can be seen as offering answers to the "Needham Question." Such historical puzzles are best left to "the wise see wisdom, the benevolent see benevolence." Reading it in your spare time will surely enrich your thoughts and bring you greater rewards.