王学思潮对徐光启几何学义理思想的影响

徐光启翻译《几何原本》的根本动机在于培养有用的“中材”,这类“中材”的主要特征是认真与心细。因此,徐光启重视《几何原本》的心性教化功能。徐光启认为,1)几何学为人人当学之学。2)几何学的功能在于使人“心思细密”,它具有“练心”的作用。3)以几何学为主要科目的教育理想完全有可能实现,因为几何学并不像外人想像的那样晦涩,它具有内在的简明性。这些观点与当时的心学思潮之间存在着深层次的关联。

Influence of Wang Yang - ming's School on the Interpretation of Geometry by Xu Guang- qi

In the period of the late Ming Dynasty,geometry was introduced into China.In the process of importation,Elements of Geometry was such a book which influence was far beyond the special field of geometry,it would be an important part of the foundation for the new world view.Thus it was a very important and necessary mission to interpret the meaning of Geometry.Xuang Guang-qi successfully fulfilled this mission.In his interpretation there is an subtle interaction between his interpretation of geometry and the Wang Yang-ming's currents which dominated the thought after the middle Ming Dynasty.For Xu Guang-qi,the studying of geometry is a indispensable mean for the cultivation of the Mind-and-Heart.