跨国的农学知识互动<br />——以美国土壤学家富兰克林·金为中心的考察-《中国农史》

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Title:: The Exchanges of Agricultural Knowledge between America and China
——A Case Study of Franklin Hiram King and His Works

Author(s):: SONG Yuan-ming; （Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190; University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049）

Keywords:: Franklin Hiram King; agrology; NongWuTuZhiLun; Farmers of Forty Centuries

摘要:: 甲午战后，西方土壤学知识开始系统传入中国，美国土壤学家富兰克林·金是其中一位非常重要的人物。他是中国第一本美国土壤学译著《农务土质论》的作者，还于1910年抵达中国考察农业，并根据此次行程中的所见所闻著成《四千年农夫》一书，在西方农学界产生了很大影响。本文考察了他的生平，分析了《农务土质论》的文本内容、翻译背景及特点，梳理了他在中国之行中所获得的中国传统土壤肥料学知识，以揭示他在中西土壤学知识交流过程中所扮演的重要角色。

Abstract:: Western agrology was introduced into China systematically after the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. Franklin Hiram King (1848-1911), a famous American agronomist, played an important role in the exchanges of agricultural knowledge between America and China. He is the author of NongWuTuZhiLun, the first Chinese translation of American agrology. After his visit of China to study agricultural knowledge in 1910,he wrote a book entitled Farmers of Forty Centuries, which had a great influence on the field of agronomy in Western countries. This paper analyzes the content, translation background and feature of NongWuTuZhiLun, examines the Chinese traditional soil and fertilizer knowledge he acquired during his travel in Chinaand finally reveals his important impact on the exchanges of agrology between America and China.