摘要
1868年由上海亚洲文会开展的黄河新河道科考活动,系1855年铜瓦厢决堤后西方人士对黄河新河道进行的首次全面科考活动。爱莲斯因领导此次科考被英国皇家地理学会授予金奖,反映了科考的意义和价值。这次科考不仅回答了当时英美国家对黄河决堤的种种疑问,而且确立了一个近代西方人眼中的负面黄河形象——"中国之患"。这次科考还有助于我们重新理解1855年黄河在铜瓦厢的决堤改道。
In 1868,the Royal Asiatic Society carried out an expedition to investigate the Yellow River s new course.This was the first comprehensive expedition by Westerners after the Yellow River s Tongwaxiang dykes burst in 1855.It was subsequently awarded a gold medal by the Royal Geographical Society for its quality.This expedition not only answered the questions raised by foreign countries concerning the Yellow River bursting its banks,but also established the term“China s Sorrow”-a negative image of the Yellow River in the eyes of Westerners in modern times.This expedition helps us to re-evaluate the bursting of the Yellow River s banks and the change in its course at Tongwaxiang in 1855.
作者
王毅
WANG Yi(School of Marxism,Zhongyuan Technology College,Zhengzhou 450006,China)
出处
《自然科学史研究》
CSSCI
CSCD
北大核心
2018年第2期205-217,共13页
Studies in The History of Natural Sciences
基金
国家社科基金:"从亚洲文会看近代西人中国观的演变"(07CZS019)
关键词
黄河
亚洲文会
英国皇家地理学会
中国之患
Yellow River
Royal Asiatic Society
Royal Geographical Society
China s Sorrow
