中国科技术语 ›› 2017, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (1): 66-70.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-8578.2017.01.015

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“西学东渐”一词始于清末而非民初

芦笛   

  1. 伦敦大学学院,英国伦敦
  • 收稿日期:2016-07-09 修回日期:2016-11-20 出版日期:2017-02-20 发布日期:2017-02-20
  • 作者简介:芦笛(1986—),男,伦敦大学学院(University College London)历史系博士候选人,研究方向为科学史和医学史。通信方式: ludiresearch@163.com。

Origin of “Xi Xue Dong Jian”

LU Di   

  • Received:2016-07-09 Revised:2016-11-20 Online:2017-02-20 Published:2017-02-20

摘要:

用以表述西方学术向中国传播的“西学东渐”一词的历史至少可追溯至1905年,而非流行于学界的1915年之说。该词的创造是基于历史时期的汉语词“西学”和“东渐”的组合,其造词背景是多种类似“××东渐”的词语在清末的涌现。在清末以来的近代文献中,该词所处的具体语境不尽相同,理解其历史意义和社会语言现象时不能一概而论。该词自清末以来得到广泛使用,这除了词语本身的特点和相对优势外,也有赖于外部因素的推动。

关键词: 西学东渐, 容闳, 恽铁樵, 清末

Abstract:

The history of the term “Xi Xue Dong Jian”, which means eastward spread of western learning, dates back to 1905 or earlier, while previously 1915 was widely accepted by scholars as the earliest year when this term appeared. “Xi Xue Dong Jian” was created through combining two historical Chinese terms “xi xue” and “dong jian”, which was similar to many terms in the form of “×× dong jian” in the end of the Qing Dynasty. In the modern literature since the late Qing Dynasty, “Xi Xue Dong Jian” appeared in different contexts which was related with social linguistic phenomena and could not be treated the same. The term has been widely used since the end of the Qing Dynasty, which should be attributed to the characteristics and relative advantages of this term and some external factors.

Key words: eastward spread of western learning, Yung Wing, Yun Tieqiao, the end of the Qing Dynasty

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