英文摘要
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United Kingdom science historian Joseph Needham raised a question, and China in the First century BC to the 15th century, are better than the West nature of human knowledge in a practical purpose, but the industrial revolution and modern science and technology has not occurred in China, it is puzzling. This puzzle, known as the ”Needham puzzle”. In China's pre-Qin era, for hand-making machinery of the Mohist school, Mohist classics ”Mo-jing” recorded in a number of scientific knowledge. Due to the diminished after the Mohist school in the Qin and Han, and later academic thought, light technical, scientific and civilized development lags far behind the West in modern times of China, may be relevant here.”Mo-jing” covers a wide range of scientific knowledge, due to limited space, this article is intended for ”Mo-jing” theory of optics and mechanics, for example, for preliminary discussion, take look at this results in the development of science in the ancient civilization of Mohist school and glorious. Mohist school's emphasis on empirical scientific thinking, spirit actively encourage the practice and innovation, or to consider in the light of actual conditions of education today.
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