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1、1老子技术思想研究刘克明2AStudyoftheTechnicalIdeaandTheoriesinLaoZiLIUKeming刘克明(HuazhongUniversityofScienceandTechnology,Wuhan,ChinaE-mail:liukeming@hust.edu.cn)3456789AbstractThepresentthesisintroducesandcommentsontherecordsinLaoZionancientmechanism,probingintothetechnicali
2、deasofLaoZi.TheideasinLaoZi,suchastheprincipleoftheadministrationmustconformtotheintegrityofthelaw,existencegoestogetherwithnonexistence,toachieveanythingdifficultmuststartfromeasyone,anythinggreatfromsmallone,arenotonlypracticalbutalsoenlighteningforcreatingnewt
3、hingsandmentalstatesoftoday’shigh-technologyresearchers.101112131.IntroductionLaoZicontributesgreatlytothedevelopmentoftheoreticalthinkinginChina.Besides,italsomakesinsightfulobservationofancientscienceandtechnology,includingmechanicalmanufacturing.Amongthe81chap
4、tersofLaoZi(altogether5,000words),manychaptersarespecificallydevotedtomechanics,engineering,techniques,andmanufacturing.Someofthesechaptersdiscussthephilosophicalissuesinmechanicaltechnology,whilesomeelaborateontheWayofHumanbeingthroughdiscussingtheWayofHeavenand
5、probeintotheSocietybytalkingabouttheNature.Insomesense,LaoZiistheearliestmasterpieceinChinawhichdiscussesscientificandtechnicalissuesandisalsotheearliestliteratureavailablethattouchesuponthetheoriesandmethodsofmechanicaldesign.142.Abriefreviewoftheengineeringandt
6、echnicalideasinLaoZiOneexampleofthediscussiononmechanicsinLaoZicanbeseeninthe5thChapter,whichsays,“Isn’tthatbetweenHeavenandEarthlikeabellow?Whilevacuous,itisnotinexhaustible.Themoreitisdrawnoff,themoreairitsendsforth.Muchtalkisdoomedadeadend.Itisbettertokeeptomo
7、deration.”Bellowisanimportanttoolusedincasting.15Anotherinstancerelatingtomechanicscouldbefoundinthe11thChapterofLaoZi,“Thirtyspokesareunitedinonenavetomakeawheel,butitisontheholeofthenavethattheuseofthecarriagedepends.Clayismixedtomoldautensil,butitisonitsemptys
8、pacethattheuseoftheutensildepends.Doorsandwindowsarecutouttoformaroom,butitisonthevacancywithinthattheuseoftheroomdepends.Therefore,thebenefitsthatexistence(Yo
