Scientific And Technological Ideas In Ancient China

With the development of science and technology in modern life, people more and more realize the necessity of controlling the scientific and technological activity. It' s very necessary to investigate the development of science and technology and the scientific and technological ideas in ancient China and to absorb the quintessence of the traditional culture to guide the present scientific and technological activity . It is very important to seek the power from the source of traditional culture to motivate the development of the science and technology . We should learn form the history and thereby to guide our activities in the future.The concept of ethic and that of scientific and technological ethic are the key terms of the whole thesis. This thesis reviews the history of science and technology and asserts that science and technology did exist in ancient China. At the same time, abundant scientific and technological and ethic ideas developed on them. The scientific and technological ideas didn' t form perfect system. But ecological ethics, medical ethics, architectural ethics and craftsman ethics were in their embryonic form. Only medical ethics had its system and formulated professional rules. They provide the valuable resources for modern life.