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本文旨在以馬戛爾尼使節團爲例,闡明一種長期存在於西方文明中的“科學調查”現象,以及這種行爲建構非西方文明知識的過程,嘗試以新的視角爲使團研究另闢蹊徑。馬戛爾尼使節團經由科學調查所收集的各項情報,除增進了西方世界對中國的了解外,更進一步被納入其知識體系中,從而加大了中西文明力量的差距。使團雖未達成外交任務,卻爲西方帶來新的中國觀;而中國人最終未能了解到西洋文明的本質,導致接下來超過一個世紀在面對西方時的挫折。從這個角度來看,“科學調查”或許可説是使團惟一成功的任務。
The purpose of this paper is to take the mission of Macartney as an example to illustrate a phenomenon of “scientific inquiry” existing in Western civilization for a long time and to try to construct a non-Western civilization with this kind of behavior. Research another way. In addition to enhancing the understanding of China by the Western world, the intelligence collected by Macartney’s envoys through scientific investigations has been further incorporated into its knowledge system, thereby widening the gap between the forces of civilization in China and the West. Although the mission did not reach its diplomatic mission, it brought a new concept of China to the West. At the end, the Chinese failed to understand the essence of Western civilization and led to the setback for more than a century in the face of the West. From this perspective, “scientific inquiry” may be said to be the only successful mission of the mission.