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以张之洞为代表的洋务派创办农务学堂,聘请洋教习,引进良种果木等举措客观上推动了中国传统农业向近代农业的改良和进步。作为张之洞聘请的首位洋教习,美国人布里尔来华工作三年时间,是近代历史上中美以官方性质开展农业科技交流的最早参与者。他在中国引进优良品种,推介国外农具和书籍,传播先进的农业科学技术和农学思想。作为湖北农务学堂的主要筹建者之一,布里尔为近代中国农业教育的起步与发展也做出了积极的贡献。但是,结合史料客观分析,布里尔来华具有多重目的和动机,这也是在特定历史阶段,中美官方开展农业科技交流被时代烙印的基本性质和特征。
The initiatives of the Oceanic School, represented by Zhang Zhidong, such as establishing the School of Agricultural Affairs, employing foreign teachers and introducing fine varieties of fruit and trees, objectively promoted the improvement and progress of China’s traditional agriculture to modern agriculture. As the first foreign teacher to be employed by Chang Chih-tung, the three-year U.S. work by Brethren Briggs was the earliest participant in the history of agricultural science and technology exchanges between China and the United States with its official nature. He introduced fine varieties in China, introduced foreign tools and books, and disseminated advanced agricultural science and agronomy ideas. As one of the chief architects of Hubei Agricultural School, Brill made a positive contribution to the start-up and development of agricultural education in modern China. However, combining the objective analysis of historical materials, Breil’s visit to China has multiple purposes and motives. This is also the fundamental nature and characteristics of the official exchange of agricultural science and technology between China and the United States in the history of a specific era.