The Transmission of the European Clock-Making Technology into China in the 17th-18th Centuries
The Transmission of the European Clock-Making Technology into China in the 17th-18th Centuries
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17-18世纪欧洲钟表制造技术传入中国
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2012
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Baichun Zhang
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Baichun Zhang
从16世纪后期开始，欧洲的宗教传教士被派往中国。利玛窦等耶稣会传教士在欧洲知识传入中国的过程中发挥了重要作用。为了促进他们的宗教使命，他们把欧洲的科学知识、仪器和时钟带到中国。在17世纪，耶稣会士在皇宫为皇帝建造了时钟。中国工匠仿制欧洲钟表，并在苏州和广州等城市建立了钟表制造车间。中国人接受欧洲制表技术的主要原因是欧洲钟表在功能上优于漏壶、晷、日晷等传统钟表。
Starting in the late 16th century European religious missionaries were sent to China. Such Jesuit missionaries as Matteo Ricci played an important role in the transmission of European knowledge to China. In order to promote their religious mission, they brought European scientific knowledge, instruments and clocks to China. In the 17th century, Jesuits constructed clocks for emperors in Imperial Palace. Chinese craftsmen made copies of European clocks and they established clock-making workshops in such cities as Suzhou and Guangzhou. The main reason why Chinese people accepted European clock-making technology is the fact that European clocks were functionally superior to such traditional timepieces as clepsydra, gnomon, sundial and so on.