中国古代有无科学的讨论首先得搞清楚科学的定义,否则就难免变成鸡同鸭讲。如果就狭义的科学概念而言,很难说中国古代是有科学的,就像爱因斯坦所说:“科学的基础有二,一是希腊哲学家发明的形式逻辑体系,一是文艺复兴中发现的通过实验获得因果关系的方法。这是使科学有别于其它? Whether or not there is scientific discussion in ancient China must first clarify the definition of science, otherwise it will inevitably become a chicken and duck. In the narrow sense of the scientific concept, it is hard to say that ancient China was scientific, as Einstein said: “There are two foundations of science: one is the formal logic system invented by the Greek philosophers, and the other is found in the Renaissance. The method of obtaining causality through experimentation is to distinguish science from others.