Tou-Se-We Press And Western Science And Technology In China's Dissemination

In the history of human beings, science and technology play a revolutionary role in developing the productivity, improving the relations of production and the change of ideology. The spread of science and technology offer a full set of technology entities and thought weapon. During the Ming and the early Qing dynasties, which is the end years of Wan li, as western missionaries came to China with the modern technology, they began to spread doctrine. This is the first impact from western advanced technology. The emperor and the literary intelligentsia was objectively accepted part of scientific knowledge, but their minds did not get changed. At this time of China science and technology development level has fallen behind in the same period of continental in Europe. Until the mid-nineteenth century, western powers entered the China again. "Shi Yi Chang Ji Yi Zhi Yi." [from the WeiYuanZhu adopted district preface].Due to the failure of the opium war, Tsing dynasty was immediately implemented the Western Movement in the 1860s. Western science and technology was allowed to be introduced to China once more. Along with port open contacts, Catholic padres also established church, hospital, school, all kinds of printing department all over, they created periodicals, participated in translating numbers of various books. On the essential, the western missionary's agency generally contained cultural aggression color, but due to the intrinsic demanding, missionaries were still having certainty positive significance. Especially, some advanced western practical technology, the introduction of popular science works, textbooks, and education mode to the mission groups which still working today.Tou-Se-We, a big name,not only just a geographical concept, but also the history of modern Western science and technology, cultural and educational exchanges.As the integration of the platform,It played an important role as science and technology in Shanghai, cultural, educational, economic and social development. Tou-Se-We press is the first landing for the Western printing technology, educational philosophy, communication mode.As the first window display in China,Tou-Se-We press is a vanguard of modern foundry industry, machinery industry, especially the old printing press, the place of Chinese artists,educators, craftsmen and mechanics who gathered from.Tou-Se-We press was founded in 1869, which located in Xujiahui center south, along Zhao Jia Bang Bay, adjacent to the Xujiahui Catholic Church and the Late tomb. As a group of immigrants the West Catholic have set up schools, libraries, observatory, the Catholic Church and other institutions for the distribution of religious theology, and then get integrated management of the Parish South District. As the essence education institute, Tou-Se-We has been unaffected and developed thrive under that social situation. Tou-Se-We, as part of the orphans institution, hospital, has selected talent to take charge of orphan technology from their own place. Orphans who were under carefully cultivating trained technicians are qualified in the traditional printing operation. On technology, Tou-Se-We initially began to the use the traditional Chinese woodblock printing process. Few years later, Tou-Se-We has already owned seventy kinds of engraving work. Printing House copied the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Ricci, Parker Ying li, Father Verbiest and other classic works. During almost one hundred years of history, Tou-Se-We Printing House has introduced collotype, lithography technology, photographic technology, copper and zinc version, and carrying out the improvement of existing technologies and innovation, not only rising the unit production efficiency but also led Chinese publish into a flashing development era.During the publication, Tou-Se-We has complete the total amount of more than fifty-three kinds of volumes in a hundred years, covering popular science books, textbooks, functional books, religious doctrine, religious biography, advertising and brochures and so on. The market throughout the South Pacific country, even exported to the U.S. and Europe. As Aurora College publishers, Tou-Se-We provide a wide range of primary materials to students at the time. On the other side it shows positive significance on education.Until recent years,Tou-Se-We is especially based on the characteristics of the Printing House, been fully understood and carried out for special study, and reestablished the museum. All these have brought the dawn of Tou-Se-We. However, as time gos away, due to the lack of a variety of literature, with fewer and fewer living witnesses of history, the research has entered into the data mining and heritage rescue phase. Even the studies were focused on art history and urban planning research, publications in the technological development research is still very limited, this kind of study is still relatively rare.As this unique cultural phenomenon in science and technology, the most important task is to find and interview the elderly related Tou-Se-We's witness. The innovation of the article focused on thus summarized:Firstly, the Strategic decisions is to enrich Tou-Se-We's historical integrity. Secondly, Give the introduction of Tou-Se-We finishing printing technology, and part of the Tou-Se-We principle in printing technology. Thirdly,Give the value of the available Tou-Se-We publication types distinguished by function to explore its cultural impact of Western technology. Fourth, Based on Tou-Se-We's history, It can provide the reference especially from Tou-Se-We press and technology development.