Nishi Amane's "Common Science" from the Japanese and British Archives Perspective

人们一直认为“Common Science”这个词是从英国的“General Education”翻译过来的。然而，Amane Nishi表示，他创造了一个原创的“普通科学”，而不仅仅是翻译这个词。18-19世纪，英国出现了一些与“公民”相关的关键词，如“Common Science”、“Common Room”、“Common”等。当Nishi Amane Nishi建立他的“共同科学”和“公民社会”时，人们认为他从这些关键字中获得了灵感。西学和资产阶级政治理论是在重视儒家人性思想的基础上发展起来的。他试图概括以中国知识为基础的西方研究提纲。他取代了平民的新权力，并将文科命名为“普通科学”，这是培养人力资本以担负日本民族国家所必需的。

It has been thought that the word known as "Common Science" was a translation of the British "General Education". However, Amane Nishi stated that he created an original "Common Science" without just translating the word. Some keywords related to "Citizen", such as "Common Science", "Common Room" and "Common" were produced in Britain during the 18^<th>-19^<th> century. When Amane Nishi built his "Common Science" and "Civil Society", it is thought that he got inspiration from those keywords. Nishi developed the western studies and bourgeois political theory based on placing importance on confucian ideas of human nature. Nishi recreated he tried to generalize the compendium of western studies based on Chinese knowledge. He substituted new power to Commoner and he named liberal arts, "Common Science", which was necessary to grow human capital to shoulder Japan's nation state.