戴震(1724—1777)“为前清学者第一人”(梁启超《戴东原图书馆缘起》,《饮冰室文集之四十》110页)。明末清初的中国,犹如文艺复兴时期的意大利和十七、十八世纪启蒙运动时期的法兰西,是一个产生文化巨人的时代。从达·芬奇到狄德罗,从顾炎武到戴震,他们不仅才气横溢、学贯百科,而且因为肩负着改变一个时代的 Dai Zhen (1724-1777) “For the former Qing scholar first person ” (Liang Qichao “Dai Dongyuan Library originated ”, “ice drink room forty” 110 pages). China in the late Ming and early Qing, like the Renaissance Italy and the French during the Enlightenment in the 17th and 18th centuries, was an era of cultural giants. From Leonardo da Vinci to Diderot, Gu Yanwu to Dai Zhen, they are not only talented, encyclopedic, but also because of the change of an era