Liu Yueyun's Viewpoint on the Theory of "Chinese Origin of Western Learning"and His Construction of Scientific & Technical Knowledge System:A Research on The Chinese Way of Investigating Things(Gewu Zhongfa)

The Way of Investigating Things(Gewu Zhongfa)is a representative work about the Theory of Chinese Origin of in the late Qing dynasty.Its author Liu Yueyun collected various records of scientific and technical knowledge from the ancient classics and works,constructed them into a system of scientific knowledge to prove Western Learning Being Originated in China,and tried to show that Chinese surpassed Western science.This paper analyzes the material and structure of The Way of Investigating Things,and reveals its meaning for the research of the history of science in China.