李约瑟博士在《中国科学技术史》思想史分册的导言部分开宗明义地说道:“我们将从儒家开始,以示尊崇,因为它在后来一直支配着整个中国的思想,虽然它对于科学的贡献几乎全是消极的。”~①笔者认为李博士的这句话很值得商榷。在笔者看来,儒家思想虽然是以人文思想见长,然而其中却蕴涵着科学精神,否则中国就不会出现科学。这从李约瑟博士的质疑中可以窥斑知豹。1954年,李约瑟学者首次提出这样的疑问:在第一至第十五世纪,中国的科学发明和 Dr. Joseph Needham made an explicit statement in the introductory part of the history of the history of science and technology in China: “We will begin with Confucianism to show respect because it has subsequently dominated the entire Chinese thought. Although its contribution to science almost All negative. ”~ ① I believe that Dr. Lee’s sentence is very debatable. In my opinion, although Confucianism is based on humanistic thinking, it contains scientific spirit, otherwise, China will not emerge from science. This can be seen from the questioning Dr. Joseph Needham. In 1954, Joseph Needham first proposed the question: In the first to the fifteenth century, China’s invention of science and