On the Periodicition and Characteristic of Western Studies during the Late Ming and Early Qing

This paper deals with the Western studies introduced to China during the 250 years of the late Ming and early Qing periods in 3 stages, each of which has its particular characteristics. The Western missionaries did not block the Chinese scholars from learning Western science. Emperor Yongzheng 's forbiddance of the Western religious missionary activities in China was not the direct reason for the stagnation of the science in Qing dynasty. The question is that whether the traditional Chinese social structure has the capacity and potential to react to the development of the Western civilization and Western sciences.