中国古代科学技术思想中的机变论

机变论是中国古代科学技术思想中有关事物存在的变化和条件的理论.它的基本范畴是幾与机.二者均有多方面的内涵,二者的含义在不少方面是相通、相同的,不同的方面大致说来,幾主要指涉自然观,机主要指涉认识论与实践论.对机的应用,包括观机、执机、应机、盗机、发机等五个阶段.机变论对中国古代科学技术有广泛而深远的影响,在今天仍然有一定的启发性意义.

Triggerism in Ancient Chinese Science and Technology

Triggerism is theory on the change and condition of the thing in ancient Chinese science and technology. Its basic category is hinge and spring. They both hav e many meaning,and they have approximative or identical meaning,aspects with dis similar meaning are that hinge primarily is one category on outlook on nature,a nd spring on outlook on epistemology and practice theory. The phases that appli e d spring include observe,cognition,answer,steal,and trigger. Triggerism dif f usely and profoundly effected ancient Chinese science and technology,and now it is able to be revelations to us.