The Lion and the Bald Eagle Entered the Chasm for the Dragon: An Insight into Chinese and Western Views of Cultures and Body via Tiyong Shizhang
This study analyzes the differences between the first Chinese translation of the modern Western physiological text Tiyong Shizhang and subsequent books on similar themes. It examines the modifications—both omissions and additions—made in the Chinese version compared to the original English text. The...
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| description | This study analyzes the differences between the first Chinese translation of the modern Western physiological text Tiyong Shizhang and subsequent books on similar themes. It examines the modifications—both omissions and additions—made in the Chinese version compared to the original English text. The findings suggest that the involvement of British and American activities in the "translation of Western science into Chinese" during this period carried undertones of "cultural colonization" and "missionary intent". The selection of the term Tiyong (body and its function) in the book's title reflects an effort to introduce the Western "mechanistic view of the body" into China, interpreted from a Western perspective. In the socio-cultural context of the Qing Dynasty, the title embodies a cultural-political metaphor contrasting the "noble Huaxia people" with "vulgar barbarians". However, due to the semantic disparities between Chinese and Western worldviews at the time, the interpretive framework of either side failed to fully capture the dual-layered significance embedded in the title. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-e7edb63422eb4d3f88e294e0b834272b2025-08-20T03:11:40ZzhoEditorial Office of Medicine and PhilosophyYixue yu zhexue1002-07722025-02-01464717510.12014/j.issn.1002-0772.2025.04.144-liangjiayuanThe Lion and the Bald Eagle Entered the Chasm for the Dragon: An Insight into Chinese and Western Views of Cultures and Body via Tiyong ShizhangJiayuan LIANG0Department of History, Peking University, Beijing 100871, ChinaThis study analyzes the differences between the first Chinese translation of the modern Western physiological text Tiyong Shizhang and subsequent books on similar themes. It examines the modifications—both omissions and additions—made in the Chinese version compared to the original English text. The findings suggest that the involvement of British and American activities in the "translation of Western science into Chinese" during this period carried undertones of "cultural colonization" and "missionary intent". The selection of the term Tiyong (body and its function) in the book's title reflects an effort to introduce the Western "mechanistic view of the body" into China, interpreted from a Western perspective. In the socio-cultural context of the Qing Dynasty, the title embodies a cultural-political metaphor contrasting the "noble Huaxia people" with "vulgar barbarians". However, due to the semantic disparities between Chinese and Western worldviews at the time, the interpretive framework of either side failed to fully capture the dual-layered significance embedded in the title.https://yizhe.dmu.edu.cn/article/doi/10.12014/j.issn.1002-0772.2025.04.14tiyong shizhangchinese essence and western utilityimperial cultural colonizationinflected semantics |
| spellingShingle | Jiayuan LIANG The Lion and the Bald Eagle Entered the Chasm for the Dragon: An Insight into Chinese and Western Views of Cultures and Body via Tiyong Shizhang Yixue yu zhexue tiyong shizhang chinese essence and western utility imperial cultural colonization inflected semantics |
| title | The Lion and the Bald Eagle Entered the Chasm for the Dragon: An Insight into Chinese and Western Views of Cultures and Body via Tiyong Shizhang |
| title_full | The Lion and the Bald Eagle Entered the Chasm for the Dragon: An Insight into Chinese and Western Views of Cultures and Body via Tiyong Shizhang |
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| title_full_unstemmed | The Lion and the Bald Eagle Entered the Chasm for the Dragon: An Insight into Chinese and Western Views of Cultures and Body via Tiyong Shizhang |
| title_short | The Lion and the Bald Eagle Entered the Chasm for the Dragon: An Insight into Chinese and Western Views of Cultures and Body via Tiyong Shizhang |
| title_sort | lion and the bald eagle entered the chasm for the dragon an insight into chinese and western views of cultures and body via tiyong shizhang |
| topic | tiyong shizhang chinese essence and western utility imperial cultural colonization inflected semantics |
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