Yan Fu · 1902
Letter to the Editor of the Waijiao bao
- Original title
- 與《外交報》主人書
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- Chinese
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- Ben Breen, 2026-09-29; suggested by Claude research agents, 29 Sep 2026
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Q33CIVILIZATION
Can a society adopt another society's machinery without adopting its ways of life?No. substance and function cannot be separated. Chinese and Western learning each have their own substance and application; combining Chinese substance with Western application makes both lose their meaning.
Wikipedia 'Chinese Learning as Substance, Western Learning for Application' quotes and cites Yan Fu 1902; ResearchGate article on Yan Fu and Chinese/Western learning. Primary text not opened.