主持人语:薛凤祚不仅是清代最重要的科学家之一、中国近代科学的早期奠基人、西学东渐的关键人物,而且是中西文化会通的先驱。他提出的“镕各方之材质,入吾学之型范”的会通模式独具一格。理论上,该模式反对拘守中国传统科学,主张“折衷众论,求归一是”;实践上,该模式选择以哥白尼日心说为基础,制定并实施自己会通中西的原则,大幅度改进历法的算法,以应用统领会通等。 Moderator: Xue Fengfan is not only one of the most important scientists in the Qing Dynasty, the early founder of modern science in China, a key figure in the eastward development of western learning, but also a pioneer of the convergence of Chinese and Western cultures. He put forward a unique style of meeting between “the materials of all parties and the model of entering schools”. In theory, this model opposes the traditional Chinese science of detention, advocating “eclecticism, seeking unity ”; in practice, this model chooses Copernicus heliocentric theory as the basis to formulate and implement its own will be through the principle of China and the West, Significantly improve the calendar algorithm to apply the system will pass and so on.