Wylie, A.

Japanese: Wylie，A.（英語表記）WylieA

…The Jesuit Matteo Ricci (Chinese name: Limadou) came to Japan at the end of the Ming Dynasty, and under his guidance, Xu Guangqi translated the first six volumes into Chinese in 1606 (Wanli 34). The latter nine volumes were translated by the British missionary Alexander Wylie (Chinese name: Wei Lie Yali) with the help of Li Shanlan in 1856 (Xianfeng 6) at the end of the Qing Dynasty. Ricci's original intention was to introduce demonstrative geometry, which had not existed in traditional Chinese mathematics, to China, but in the preface to this translation, Ricci does not say a word about the methods of demonstration or deductive reasoning, which were important for scientific thinking and were lacking in Chinese mathematics. …

From the Westernization Movement

…In 1865 (the 4th year of the Tongzhi era), Li Hongzhang established the Jiangnan Machinery Manufacturing Bureau in Shanghai and the Jinling Machinery Bureau in Nanjing, which manufactured bullets, gunpowder, firearms, etc. In 1868, the Jiangnan Manufacturing Bureau established the Translation Institute, inviting American missionaries J. Fryer (Chinese name Fu Lanya) and A. Wylie (Wei Li Yali) to translate foreign books on natural science, technology, history, international law, etc., including The First Track of the Steam Locomotive and Illustrated Guide to Coal Harvesting in the West. (2) Business. …

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Japanese:

…明末にイエズス会士マテオ･リッチ(漢名，利瑪竇)が来朝し，その指導により徐光啓が1606年(万暦34)にその前半6巻を漢訳した。後半の9巻は，清末の1856年(咸豊6)にイギリス人宣教師ワイリーAlexander Wylie(漢名，偉烈亜力)が李善蘭の協力を得て訳出した。従来の中国数学になかった論証的幾何学を中国に紹介するのがリッチのそもそもの意図であったが，この訳書のまえがきでは，中国数学に欠けていた，科学的思考にとって重要な論証の方法や演繹法について，リッチは一言も語ろうとはしていない。…

【洋務運動】より

…1865年(同治4)，李鴻章は上海に江南機器製造総局(江南製造局)を，南京に金陵機器局を設立し，銃弾，火薬，銃砲などを製造した。また68年には江南製造局が繙訳館を設立し，アメリカ人宣教師フライヤーJ.Fryer(中国名は傅蘭雅)やワイリーA.Wylie(偉列亜力)らを招き，《汽機発軌》《泰西採煤図説》ほか自然科学，技術，歴史，国際法などに関する外国書が翻訳された。(2)実業。…

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