What are the main characteristics of the spread of western learning from ancient times to modern times?

The spread of western learning to the east refers to the historical process in which modern western academic thoughts were introduced into China. Although it can also refer to the introduction of various western things into China from ancient times to the present, it usually refers to the introduction of academic ideas from Europe and the United States in the late Ming and early Qing Dynasties and the early Qing Dynasty.

Gradually, the sound "jiān" means inflow and entry. The idea of "eastward expansion" was originally created by Japanese scholars. At the end of Qing Dynasty and the beginning of Republic of China, it was introduced to China. After Yung Hong's autobiography was translated into the book "Introduction of Western Learning to the East", the expression "Introduction of Western Learning to the East" was widely circulated, and later generations used it to refer to the spread process of western academic culture imported into China from the late Ming Dynasty to the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China.

Features:

1, various academic disciplines entered China, such as philosophy and mathematics.

astronomy

Geography and geology

biology

physics

chemistry

Medical science

Applied science and technology

Politics and political thoughts

Sociology and social thought

Economics and economic thought

Legal science

Military?

history

literature

music

art

2. It coincided with the low tide of Chinese civilization, so it had a great influence on China culture.

3. There are mainly three waves, the late Ming Dynasty, the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.

4. China intellectuals worship foreign things and even want to completely abolish Chinese civilization.