Wednesday, May 11, 2005

something u might be interested in knowing

this is what happend today in 1610! Matteo Ricci past away!
1610年05月11日
中國近代科學的啟蒙者
四百年前來華傳教,並在中土創建第一座天主堂的義籍神父利瑪竇(Matteo Ricci Lihmaadow 1552-1610),1610年本日在北京蒙主寵召。利瑪竇的民Z不止在締下創建教堂的紀錄,同時更是中國近代科學的啟蒙者。他曾在中國親手製造渾天儀等儀器,引進天文學原理,促成中國皇帝頒行「時憲曆」取代一向採用的陰曆,並且起用外籍神父出任」欽天監正」重職,對我國天文學貢獻頗大,而且,他又曾製繪山海輿圖,說明地球是圓的,有五大洲和百餘國,使得一向閉關自守的中國人茅塞頓開。此外,他還和徐光啟等人翻譯幾何學、測量學的書,為我國播下科學種籽。但是,儘管利瑪竇在中國傾其所知貢獻學術,卻也仍免不了遭到暴徒用斧頭砍傷,甚至被官吏軟禁的遭遇。對於這些不合理對待,利瑪竇絲毫不以為忤,難怪皇帝會特准他的遺骸葬在北京城內;同時,遇有宗教糾紛時,皇帝也總是批諭「俱遵利瑪竇規矩」了。而後人更是對其推崇備至,如梁啟超在「近三百年學術史」一書中即言:「明朝以八股取士,一般士大夫,除了皇帝欽定的『性理大全』外,幾乎不讀書,學界本身,就像患貧血症的人,衰弱得可憐。直到明萬曆末年,利瑪竇等西洋人來到中國後,學術界的風氣,才像有了變換。」

3 Comments:

Blogger flyingufooo said...

hey kungfu master

haha..yep i am the mark that u r talking about...say hi to ur bro, alan by the way. and i think we walked together in Kevin and Annie's wedding right? ahha
and i've already checked out the bamboo club site..it's more like a resturaunt.haha..well, i am sorry to tell u that i wont be able to make it..i am in taiwan now..working, but hey i wish u have a blast that day..and if u ever visit taiwan..let me know okay!?
by the way, what school of martial arts r u practicing? i am thinking of learning some type of kungfu, any suggestion? and r u still in school or? keep in touch, margrett

12:19 AM  
Blogger C# said...

Marky! have you found out how to 'blog other'.. if not, you can just click 'view source' on my site and copy those codes under [body].. [side bar] section into your template's [body].. [side bar].

11:11 AM  
Blogger flyingufooo said...

thank u..hehe..that i will..do I am just so lazy...hehe

9:01 PM  

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