数的观念与治道传统--兼论"李约瑟难题"

中国古代数的观念与治道传统关系极为紧密。受传统治道思想的影响，数的观念在起源与发展过程中，“理性”受到“神性”的抑制；在理论形成阶段，人们注重对“公约”的遵守而采走上“公理化”的道路；而在对数的运用与研究过程中，则过于强调实用、功利，始终采能超越封建政治文化制度，仅以求得特定的方法、技巧为满足，从而陷入“数术”的框架，采能像近代西方那样创设独立的“数学”理论体系。

Ancient Concept of Number and Traditional Way of Governance: A Compatible Study on Joseph Needham's Problem

During its germinating phase, the concept of number in China was influenced by the traditional way of governance, the rational factors in the concept of number were excluded by the supernal factors. In the theory - forming stage, ancient Chinese would rather abide by the accepted rules than develop a system of axiom, In the cource of applying and researching, scholars of ancient China emphasized praticality and utility too much and were restricted by ancient governmental system, leading the concept of number to an arithmetie and technical set pattern. Eventually, the theory of mathematics was not established in ancient China. but in neoteric western world.