中国古代机械计时仪器嬗变及衰弱的原因探析  

Analysis on the Cause of Evolution and Decline of Ancient Mechanical Timekeeping in China

作　　者：洪眉[1] 贺安华[2] 

机构地区：[1]中国人民大学哲学院,北京100872 [2]中国人民大学商学院,北京100872

出　　处：《自然辩证法研究》2013年第4期90-96,共7页Studies in Dialectics of Nature

摘　　要：本文从技术内史和技术社会学的角度梳理中国古代机械计时仪器的发展脉络,纵观计时仪器在中国古代漫长的发展历程,我们发现机械计时仪器在明初时已经具备向近代钟表转变的基础,但是由于明太祖朱元璋对机械计时仪器的厌恶以及机械计时仪器在中国古代没有独立的地位等方面原因使得中国古代机械计时仪器发展的良好势头中断并迅速走向了衰弱。This article presents the development process of ancient Chinese mechanical timekeeping instrument from the view of civil technology and sociology of technology. Throughout the long development history of Chinese timekeeping instrument, we found it already has the basis of transition to the modern clock in the early Ming dynasty. However, the good development momentum of ancient Chinese mechanical timekeeping instruments were interrupted by Ming TAizu Zhu Yuanzhang＇s disgust, moreover there is no independent status for mechanical timekeeping instrument in ancient China.

关 键 词：古代机械计时仪器 发展历程 张衡的漏水转浑天仪 朱元璋 

分 类 号：N031[自然科学总论—科学技术哲学]