What the Ming and Qing Dynasties did to summarize traditional culture

The Ming and Qing dynasties entered a period of summarizing classical Chinese culture.

(1) in terms of books and canonical books, collection, verification, identification of canonical books and cultural relics, compiled a large class book "Yongle Dazian", "Ancient and Modern Book Integration", a large dictionary "Kangxi Dictionary", a large series of books "Siku Quanshu".

(2) in the classical science and technology, the emergence of scientific and technological masterpieces. Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica reached the world's advanced level. Xu Guangqi's The Complete Book of Agricultural Politics not only summarized the theory of domestic experience in agricultural production, but also introduced the European agricultural water conservancy technology. Song Yingxing, "Tian Gong Kaifu", recorded the production technology of the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, is a well-known overseas encyclopedia of crafts, and so on.

(3) In the academic culture, scholars in the Qian and Jia periods of the Qing Dynasty carried out an unprecedented organization and examination of ancient Chinese literature.

The Eastward Progression of Western Learning: In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, European Jesuits such as Matteo Ricci and John Tong came to the East. They brought European religious theology to the Chinese people at the same time, but also the modern and Western Renaissance natural scientific and technological achievements widely disseminated in the Chinese academic community, opened up some of the Chinese people's horizons. At the same time, they brought the outstanding cultural achievements of China back to their homeland and made outstanding contributions to the inheritance and development of culture, which is called the "Eastward Expansion of Western Learning.

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