The Collections of the Western Learning in the Late Qing and the Local Response

Abstract

It is normal that two cultures meet and adapt to each other, and now we are interested in how and what. Through a text analysis of the document that had played the role of intermediator between China and the West in the late Qing period, we could perhaps find the answers. For the need of adoption of Western learning, the late Qing published translated collections of Western materials, which in form were sorted by the disciplinary system and in fact were the interpretation of the original, i.e., knowledge reproduction. Therefore, it is necessary to look into the adaptation and response concerning Chinese culture, which is the aim of the study.

Keywords

Western learning / Chinese learning / collections of Western learning / local response

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