The Mechanism of Collecting China-related Knowledge at the Royal Society in Early Modern Britain(1660-1820)
In the context of global knowledge circulation and transregional interactions,it is significant to re-examine how global history and the history of science become intertwined.By analyzing specific cases and methods of the Royal Society's research and collection of China-related knowledge from 1660 to 1820,we can further understand the material and institutional conditions of transnational knowledge circulation.By doing so,we can explore the mechanism through which the society acquired China-related knowledge.The scientific correspondence system,the Jesuit information network,logistics mechanism,and the transnational flow of personnel have jointly constituted the primary pathways for knowledge acquisition and circulation in the Middle Ages and Early Modern periods.The history of overlapping and integrating multiple transnational communication paradigms also contains valuable experiences of mutual learning between Chinese and foreign civilizations.
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