Ancient Chinese science was ahead of the world, why did it fall in the Ming and Qing dynasties?

In fact, for this reason, the main reason is that during this period, China began to derail from the world, and in the process of world progress, China at this time still held its old ideas and stood still. In fact, whether it is an individual or a country, standing still in the competition is actually a regression. When others are improving, you are standing still, and when others look back, you are already very weak, and this is exactly what China was facing.

01. The immutability of thinking inhibits people's imagination for the future. Throughout this period, you will find a very interesting feature, that is, during this period, the ideas of Chinese began to be imprisoned, whether it was the Ming Dynasty or the Qing Dynasty, they all used some means to a certain extent, prohibiting China's communication with the outside world, and after the cultural inflow of the outside world, they did not choose to learn, but put it in the corner and ignored it. The world at this time was moving at a rapid pace, especially for Westerners, whose ideas were developing at a rapid pace.

There was also a great shift in their thinking, which on the one hand promoted the development of science in the West.

and later the Industrial Revolution.

But at this time, China was still resting on its laurels. <>

02. Economically it has been with the world economy.

Derailment. After the development of science and technology, the rest of the world has already begun the industrial revolution, and China is still running its own small-scale peasant economy.

It was still an agricultural country, and when other countries had completed the transition from agriculture to industry, the Qing Dynasty at this time was still facing the loess with its back to the sky and using its own hoe.

To make the economy. Although China has a vast land area and a large population, the speed at which people can produce is too slow compared to the speed changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution. This also made it not only technologically backward at that time, but also the economy was also backward. <>

It is precisely under the combined effect of these two aspects that China has transformed from a powerful country in science and technology to a weak country in science and technology.

It's very simple, because of the closed country, no matter how advanced the world was, but blindly closed oneself, arrogant and complacent will only allow the outside world to develop beyond itself, the Ming and Qing dynasties are like this, blindly closed off the country, so that we missed the first industrial revolution, the idea is still stuck in the old ideas, and eventually it will inevitably decline.

The main reason why the science and technology of the Ming and Qing dynasties lagged behind the world was that the development model was different, because in foreign countries, especially in Europe and the United States, they adopted a predatory economic development to accelerate the development of the economy, and they cultivated slavery, which also allowed the economy to develop more rapidly.

In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the reason why science and technology lagged behind reality was that the implementation of the policy of closing the country to the outside world could not absorb new advanced science and technology from outside.

Because of the conservative tradition of ancient Chinese thought, the dynasty at that time was isolated from the world and alienated from Western culture, so modern science was not produced.

Because the consequences of closing the country are too serious, I can't see anything outside, I only know that Yelang is arrogant, of course, he wants to be after the celebration. At that time, my country said that there were only four great inventions, but the science and technology of foreign countries during this period had already thrown off the four major inventions and 800 streets. So, it's really strange if our country doesn't lag behind.

Even the royal family didn't have the idea of studying like a foreign country, let alone an ordinary official.

To be precise, from the end of the Ming Dynasty to the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, our country's scientific and technological level lagged behind foreign countries, especially after the Qing Dynasty, when the Qing Dynasty belonged to a dry and semi-colonial and semi-feudal society, and was in a period of internal and external troubles.

Mainly because of the incompetence of the ruling class at the time.

The most important reason is, of course, because China is closed to the outside world, other countries are developing science and technology, and each country is learning from each other's strengths.

Well, this question has also bothered many historians. If we read the history carefully, it is not difficult for us to find that when we arrived in the Ming Dynasty, it was okay to finish the lead, and we went to the spring to tease and communicate with the outside, but in the Qing Dynasty, it was particularly useless, because they used a closed country policy, people outside could not enter, and people inside could not be sold. After a long time, it is naturally impossible to compare with others.

Our country before the Ming and Qing dynasties.

It is very powerful, and no country can be compared with the world, but at that time, the Ming and Qing dynasties implemented the policy of "closing the country in a closed version", and the right was the small peasant to be cautious and self-sufficient, and everything was self-sufficient, which was also a necessary means to prevent foreign aggression, but the changes in the outside world were very fast like a white horse, and gradually the level of science and technology lagged behind foreign countries.

The criterion of backwardness is the existence of a bai advanced

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Zhi is a Western European dao that began and continued in the 16th century.

The Scientific Revolution and the Industrial Revolution to the present day. A: Without the scientific and industrial revolutions in Western Europe, China's Ming Dynasty would not have been left behind. The reason for China's backwardness is nothing more than the opposite of the reason why Western Europe is advanced and leading.

No one has gotten out of this mindset. As long as you find the reasons or conditions for the occurrence of the scientific revolution and the industrial revolution in Western Europe, you will find the reasons why Western Europe is advanced and leading.

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During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the feudal rule of Zhi reached the late stage of the dao, which has hindered the progress of the society and the development of the scum exhibition, followed by the Ming and Qing dynasties, which closed the country and interrupted the contact between China and other countries in the world.

Our country has implemented a policy of closing the country to clear the oak, which belongs to the feudal society, and other bai

Countries communicate with each other, learn from each other, and promote zhi

China's policy has constrained our country from foreign affairs, unable to make progress together with foreign countries, insisting that our country relies on hand work, agriculture-based, self-sufficiency, and finally leads to the result of the economic backwardness of other countries, and the lesson gives us great inspiration.

In the Ming Dynasty and.

When copying the Qing Dynasty, the reason why this country has a lot of levels lagging behind foreign countries is mainly because they are too proud of their seclusion, unwilling to innovate and unwilling to carry out this introspection, and they will lag behind other countries since they return to Suiran.

China's science and technology in the Song and Yuan dynasties were far ahead of the world, the partial unification of the Song Dynasty, the peace with the minority regimes and the great unification of the Yuan Dynasty provided a relatively peaceful environment for the development of science and technology, the development of the Song and Yuan economies, the development of productive forces provided material conditions for the development of science and technology, the Song and Yuan dynasties strengthened ethnic integration, and frequent exchanges with ethnic minorities, which promoted the development of science and technology.

After entering the Qing Dynasty, it fell behind in an all-round way.

There are extrinsic and intrinsic factors that contribute to this change.

External factors, European countries entered the Renaissance and the Age of Discovery in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, and the whole society was full of enthusiasm for innovation and adventure. In contrast, since Zheng He went to the West, the entire national policy of the Ming Dynasty has been conservative and negative.

The internal factor is the contempt for the sea in the Ming and Qing dynasties. In particular, the Qing Dynasty was founded by the Manchurians, and it was inherently rejective of maritime and innovative affairs, and China entered the era of national isolation during the Qing Dynasty, which was an important reason for the series of tragedies in modern China.