港大中文學院

School of Chinese Scholar Seminar

從黃宗羲到黃炳垕：黃氏七代人的西學史

From Huang Zongxi to Huang Binghou: A History of Western Learning through Seven Generations of the Huang Family (1642-1894)

分享嘉賓 Speaker:

Prof. CHEN Tuo 陳拓 教授

(Faculty of History, Nankai University)

主持人 Moderator:

Prof. SONG Gang 宋剛 教授

(School of Chinese, HKU)

日期時間 Date & Time: April 30, 2026 (Thu) 17:00-18:30 (HKT)

語言 Language: Putonghua 普通話

地點 Venue: CRT-7.30, 7/F, Run Run Shaw Tower, Centennial Campus, HKU 香港大學百周年校園逸夫教學樓7樓730室

講座模式 Delivery Mode: Face-to-face & Online (via Zoom)

報名 Registration:

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摘要 Abstract:

余姚黃氏七代人的西學史，是明清中西文化交流史的一部縮影：第一代黃宗羲（1610-1695）曾苦用十年之功研習曆算，但晚年對西學態度略有轉變；第二代黃百家（1643-1709）不僅以西學重審中學，還將西學整合入儒學史與正史；至第三代黃千人（1694-1771）、第五代黃璋（1728-1803）等，西學在黃家雖趨於沒落，卻未斷絕，成為一股潛流；第七代黃炳垕（1815-1894）則融合明末清初舊西學與晚清新西學，發展出一種新舊雜糅的在地化西學。縱觀黃氏兩百餘年的西學沉浮，可以窺探西學在中國的一些內在理路。

Spanning seven generations, the history of Western Learning of the Huang family serves as a microcosm of the cultural exchange between China and the West during the Ming and Qing dynasties. The first generation, Huang Zongxi (1610-1695), devoted a decade to study the calendrical science and mathematics, though his attitude toward Western Learning shifted slightly in his later years. The second generation, Huang Baijia (1643-1709), not only re-evaluated Chinese studies through the lens of Western Learning, but also integrated Western knowledge into the Confucian and official histories. By the time of the third generation, Huang Qianren (1694-1771), and the fifth, Huang Zhang (1728-1803), Western Learning had begun to wane within the family; however, it never ceased entirely, persisting instead as an undercurrent. Finally, the seventh generation, Huang Binghou (1815-1894), synthesized the “Old Western Learning” of the late Ming and early Qing with the “New Western Learning” of the late Qing, developing a hybridized and localized form of Western knowledge. A longitudinal view of the Huang family’s two-hundred-year engagement with Western Learning offers profound insights into the internal logic of Western knowledge’s evolution in China.

講者簡介 About the Speaker:

陳拓    南開大學歷史學院副教授。復旦大學歷史學博士，比利時魯汶大學聯合培養博士生，英國牛津大學、美國波士頓學院、哈佛燕京學社、香港中文大學訪問學者。研究領域為明清中西文化交流史、思想史，博士論文題為《舊西學與新變局：明末清初漢文西學文獻在19世紀的再發現》，另有著作《在中國發現西學：明末清初思想文化的世界背景》（上海古籍出版社）即將出版。

Chen Tuo is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of History at Nankai University. He received his PhD from Fudan University and was a jointly supervised doctoral student at KU Leuven in Belgium. He has served as a visiting scholar at the University of Oxford, Boston College, the Harvard-Yenching Institute, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research interests focus on the history of Sino-Western cultural exchanges and intellectual history during the Ming and Qing dynasties. His doctoral dissertation is titled “Reviving the Heritage: The Nineteenth-Century Reception and Reinterpretation of Chinese Texts on Western Learning from the Late Ming to Early Qing.” His forthcoming book, Discovering Western Learning in China: The Global Context of Late Ming and Early Qing Intellectual History, will be published by Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House.

Notice:
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