李約瑟與改變他一生的三位中國友人：魯桂珍、王應睞與沈詩章

Joseph Needham and His Three Chinese Friends Who Changed His Life: Lu Gwei-Djen, Shen Shih-Chang and Wang Ying-Lai

潘震澤(Jenn-Tser Pan)

李約瑟 ； 中國之科學與文明 ； 魯桂珍 ； 王應睞 ； 沈詩章 ； Joseph Needham ； Lu Gwei-djen ； Wang Ying-Lai ； Shen Shih-Chang

中華科技史學會學刊

26期（2021 / 12 / 25）

15 - 26

繁體中文

以寫作《中國之科學與文明》系列叢書知名於世的李約瑟（1900-1995），在年滿四十歲以前已是著作等身的生化胚胎學者。他於壯年開始學習中文、並轉而從事中國科技史研究，主要受到三位劍橋大學的中國留學生影響。其中魯桂珍成為李的長期合作夥伴，更於晚年與李結成連理。王應睞學成後返回中國，成為中國生化學界的領導人物，帶頭完成了胰島素及轉移RNA兩項世界第一的生化合成工作。至於沈詩章則下落不明，遭人遺忘。作者找到沈氏家人，得知沈的一生經歷，補足一段空白。

Joseph Needham, the historian and sinologist famous for authoring/coauthoring the multi-volume series Science and Civilisation in China, was already a world-renown biochemist in his thirties. Needham's interest in Chinese and Chinese science and technology was piqued by three Chinese who came to Cambridge, England in 1937. Of the three, Lu Gwei-djen became Needham's long-time partner and collaborator. Wang Ying-Lai returned to China and became a leader in Chinese biochemical society, and led the efforts of world's first biochemical synthesis of bovine insulin and Ala-transfer-RNA. Shen Shih-Chang's whereabouts was the least known of the three. The author sought out Shen's family in the US and presented his lifelong history in this article.

1. Needham, Joseph(1954).Science and Civilisation in China.Cambridge:Cambridge University Press.
2. Needham, Joseph and Needham, Dorothy, Science Outpost. The Pilot Press (London), 1948.
3. Winchester, Simon(2008).The Man Who Loved China.New York:Harper.
4. 王錢國忠(1999).魯桂珍與李約瑟.貴陽:貴州人民出版社（貴陽.
5. 溫契斯特,潘震澤（譯）(2010).愛上中國的人：李約瑟傳.台北:時報出版.