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英国剑桥大学中国科技史专家李约瑟博士主编的《中国科学技术史》,是一部享有盛誉的著作。他的这部巨著和其他有关中国古代科学技术史的著作,对这个学科的建立有开榛辟莽的草创之功。但是由于李约瑟博士对中国科技史进行宏观研究,视野广阔,博极群书,使他难于对每一部古代文献的细节进行校勘和审核,又加上中英间语言的障碍,古今汉语的差别以及中国古代官制典章的纷纭复杂,故在引用和解释中,难免有千虑之失。现将
The History of Science and Technology in China, edited by Dr Joseph Needham, a historian of Chinese science and technology in Cambridge University, is a prestigious book. His masterpiece and other books on the history of science and technology in ancient China have made great achievements in the establishment of this discipline. However, since Dr. Needham conducted a macroscopic study of the history of science and technology in China, his field of vision is vast and he has a lot of books that make it difficult for him to collate and examine the details of every ancient document. This, combined with the language barrier between China and Britain, As well as the complex rules and regulations of the official system in ancient China, it is inevitable that there will be misunderstandings in quoting and explaining. Now