After the 16th century, China’s science and technology lagged behind more and more.

It's the third level required course in the Yuelu Edition of History. Please give me the correct answer.

Starting from the 16th century, modern science and technology emerged in Europe. Since then, there has been a vigorous and prosperous situation. At that time, Chinese science still stayed within the scope of tradition and did not produce modern science and technology. What was the reason?

First, suppress industry and commerce.

China's feudal government has long pursued a policy of focusing on agriculture and favoring commerce. Especially in the late feudal society, the rulers intensified their efforts to suppress industry and commerce, which restricted the scale of handicraft production and the improvement of handicraft technology, hindered the transition from an agricultural economy to an industrial and commercial economy, and also hindered the advancement of science and technology.

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At the same time, Europe promoted mercantilist policies, the commodity economy developed rapidly, the continuous expansion of manual workshops and the continuous improvement of technology provided impetus for the development of science and technology. For example, the use of water wheels, windmills and various machines greatly promoted mechanics.

The development of metallurgy, textile, and glass manufacturing industries has provided necessary experimental means for the research of the entire natural sciences.

Secondly, imprison thoughts.

Education in ancient my country took Confucianism as its main content and rarely involved production and scientific and technological knowledge. It made people follow the rules and did not dare to go beyond the limits, which seriously restricted people's thinking.

After the 13th century, in order to adapt to the requirements of industrial and commercial development, some regions in Europe developed extensive citizen education and successively established various ordinary schools and universities to accept courses in natural sciences and literature, cultivating a large number of knowledgeable industrialists, technicians, craftsmen,

Navigators, etc., these people played a leading role in the rise of modern science and technology.

However, our country's education still uses the "Four Books and Five Classics" as the main teaching materials. It despises skills, does not teach scientific knowledge, and does not cultivate warriors who dare to declare war on old ideas and viewpoints. As a result, it rarely produces scientists who are courageous and create new theories.

Finally, stay in seclusion.

The Qing government implemented a policy of seclusion and banned overseas trade, which blocked the normal exchange of Chinese and foreign cultures. As a result, China lost the opportunity to absorb advanced foreign science and technology and culture, and the gap between Chinese and foreign cultures continued to widen.

In short, the rise and rapid development of capitalism in Europe effectively promoted the emergence and rapid development of modern science and technology. However, at the same time in China, the decadent feudal rule seriously hindered the further development of the budding capitalism in China and also seriously hindered the further development of capitalism in China.

However, China's science and technology did not break through the traditional scope and was quickly caught up and surpassed by Europe. In the end, it did not produce modern science and technology in the true sense.