前不久,我看到一个文献。文献记述了美国汉学家的一段话,说“钢琴是西方文明的产物,但是钢琴的灵魂——平均律的数学理论——却是中国人(朱载(?))缔造的”。我知道,能使这位持“西方中心论”偏见的学者承认中国科学成就的首创权是相当不易的。这里边肯定蕴涵着中国科学史学者的无数心血。但是,我决没有想到迫使这位美国学 Not long ago, I saw a document. The literature chronicles a passage by American sinologists saying that “Piano is the product of Western civilization, but the soul of the piano - the mathematical theory of the law of the mean - was created by the Chinese (Zhu Zai).” I know that it is quite hard to get this scholar who holds the prejudice of “Western Center Theory” to recognize the scientific and technological achievements of China. There is bound to imply countless efforts by Chinese historians of science. However, I never thought of forcing the American study