The Science And Technology In Picturedaily Of The Late Qing Dynasty

Pictorial Daily as the one of the earliest daily pictorial newspaper in modern Chinese history, published pictures four hundred and four issues, had twelve pages in each issue and almost more than five thousand pictures in total, which attracted many scholars’ attention by the extensive content, popular language and the progressive thought. This paper is on the premise of the uses of images as historical evidences, based on the abundant historical materials and in the perspective of history of science and technology, organizes and interprets the part of the science and technology, discusses the impact of the introduction of western sciences and technologies on the people’s social life and the people’s attitude of the western sciences and technologies in late Qing Dynasty. There are four chapters.In chapter one, the introduction introduces the reasons, the significance, the domestic research situation, the method and the innovation points of the study and generalizes the transmission of the western sciences and technologies and the influence of people’s life under the background of the introduction of western learning to the east in late Qing Dynasty. On the basis of the existing research, the paper proposes the innovation points.In chapter two, it deals with the pictorial of late Qing Dynasty and the Pictorial Daily. This part analyzes the pictorial newspaper in late Qing Dynasty, especially introduces the most famous one, the Dianshizhai Pictorial, attempts to comparative analysis with the Pictorial Daily from the establishing backgrounds, the development history, the contents, the influence, and summarized the different characters respectively for introducing and analyzing the science and technology part of Pictorial Daily.In chapter three, it introduces the science and technology of Pictorial Daily. Pictorial Daily was the direct consequence of the introduction of western learning to the east of Shanghai in late Qing Dynasty and enlightening people was one of its purposes. Pictorial Daily showed the use of the new science and technology in people’s daily life with the vivid picture, popular language, such as the communication facilities, the photography, the vehicle, the western hospital and the physical knowledge. This part sorts out the developing course of the science and technology in the Pictorial Daily combined with the pictorial’s contents, at the same time, compares the relative contents with the Dianshizhai Pictorial.In chapter four, it tells the significance of the science and technology in Pictorial Daily. Pictorial Daily was famous as the current news picture and wide special column, showed a vivid and reality society of Shanghai in late Qing Dynasty. The contents of science and technology in the Pictorial Daily offer precious historical materials for us to understand the history of the introduction of western learning to the east, especially the history of the science and technology of late Qing Dynasty and the science and technology communication.