Meng Xi Bi Tan "retrospective" Needham Question "re-examination Asked

The history of science and technology is the base and core of philosophy of science and technology. The theory is from history. This article examine orally the well-known "Needham Puzzle" again regards that traces back to Shen Kuo's Dream Brook Sketchbook as the clue.Shen Kuo is not only the famous minister in the mid of Northern Song Dynasty in China,but also a scientist. Dream Brook Sketchbook is which he left the earliest technology encyclopedia, it is regarded as "coordinate that in the history of science "in Ancient China. Dream Brook Sketchbook discussed the technological achievement in Ancient China, especially himself and many working people'science and technological achievement of Northern Song Dynasty. Which take an important place in China and the world'history of science Joseph Needham spend all his life on Chinese history of science and technology that has become an international discipline. The positive image contemporary prestigious history of Science expert in China like Mr Jiang Xiao-yuan thought Joseph Needham whose synonym is history of Chinese Science.There are many different opinion of "Needham Puzzle". The famous American history of Science expert Professor Sivin thought "Needham Puzzle" was well-known because of narrow technical viewpoint. But Mr Jiang Xiao-yuan thought "Needham Puzzle" was false problem because Chinese fictitious that China Science and Technology is ahead of the world in a long time. The ancient Chinese people Scientific Technology development path is differ from Western.This article's argument is the Model of Scientific Technology development can't use any single standard to interpretate, the misunderstanding of "Needham Puzzle" is the Model of Scientific Technology's absolution. Beginning with the iron smelting technology of Dream Brook Sketchbook, followed by the relationship of it and Taoism, to prove the effect of Taoist School and Taoism on Ancient China traditional science and technology. Then analysis Taoist School and Taoism'value and significance to Contemporary China'development of science and technological. Then learning from China the latest results of academic research in recent years elucidating key issues that the relationship of China traditional culture and technology. Finally, it proposes how to treat the complementarity of Ancient and Modern,East and West.