…的视角总是试图用模型来解释事物。另一个文化差异是欧洲人对自由市场的概念（无论是有意还是无意）。Stark 的另一本书《The Victory of Reason》对此进行了详细阐述 https://www.amazon.com/Victory-Reason-Christianity-Freedom-C... 我自己对历史的观察是，核心关键在于对生命、自由和…权利的承认与保护。
…perspective was always trying to explain things with models. Another cultural difference was the European notion (intentional or otherwise) of free markets. This is expounded upon by another book, "The Victory of Reason" by Stark https://www.amazon.com/Victory-Reason-Christianity-Freedom-C... My own observation of history is that the key factor is recognition of and protection of the rights of life, liberty and the…
…搞垮他们的正是士大夫官僚体制。官僚们看到一些平民靠铁器行业发家致富，便宣称这有违正统秩序，于是将其取缔。（出处：Rodney Stark 的《The Victory of Reason》。）
…killed them was the mandarin bureaucracy. The mandarins saw that some commoners were getting rich in the iron industry, declared it to be contrary to the proper order, and shut it down. (Source: "The Victory of Reason" by Rodney Stark.)
在《The Victory of Reason》中，Rodney Stark 表示中国古代帝国其实在 11 世纪就爆发过工业革命。他们当时生产了 10 万吨铁。并且他们利用这些铁来提高其他产业的生产力。…
In The Victory of Reason, Rodney Stark says that Imperial China actually had an industrial revolution, in the 11th century. They produced 100,000 tons of iron. They were using the iron to improve productivity of other things.…
…然后政府取缔了铁器工业，整个进程戛然而止。但他们本可以在比英国早五个世纪的时候，至少开启工业革命的萌芽。（出处：Rodney Stark 所著《The Victory of Reason》。）其次，中国曾拥有至少称霸远东、本可称霸印度洋的舰队。但在 1434 年后不久，中国皇帝下令终止航海…
…and the government shut down the iron industry, and the whole thing stopped. But they could have had at least the beginnings of the industrial revolution five centuries before England. (Source: The Victory of Reason, by Rodney Stark.) Second, China had fleets that dominated at least the Far East, and could have dominated the Indian Ocean. But shortly after 1434, the Chinese emperor decreed an end to the voyages…
…公立学校教的——这不是我的锅。不过我可以给你个引用：“第二章探讨了在所谓的黑暗时代奠定的资本主义的物质与宗教基础。”——Rodney Stark《The Victory of Reason》，第 xiv 页。资本主义可比 1549 年要古老得多得多了。
…taught in public schools - not my fault. But I have a cite for you: "Chapter 2 examines the material and religious foundations of capitalism that were laid down during the so-called Dark Ages." -- The Victory of Reason by Rodney Stark, pg. xiv Capitalism is a heluva lot older than 1549.
…的视角总是试图用模型来解释事物。另一个文化差异是欧洲人对自由市场的概念（无论是有意还是无意）。Stark 的另一本书《The Victory of Reason》对此进行了详细阐述 https://www.amazon.com/Victory-Reason-Christianity-Freedom-C... 我自己对历史的观察是，核心关键在于对生命、自由和…权利的承认与保护。
…perspective was always trying to explain things with models. Another cultural difference was the European notion (intentional or otherwise) of free markets. This is expounded upon by another book, "The Victory of Reason" by Stark https://www.amazon.com/Victory-Reason-Christianity-Freedom-C... My own observation of history is that the key factor is recognition of and protection of the rights of life, liberty and the…
…搞垮他们的正是士大夫官僚体制。官僚们看到一些平民靠铁器行业发家致富，便宣称这有违正统秩序，于是将其取缔。（出处：Rodney Stark 的《The Victory of Reason》。）
…killed them was the mandarin bureaucracy. The mandarins saw that some commoners were getting rich in the iron industry, declared it to be contrary to the proper order, and shut it down. (Source: "The Victory of Reason" by Rodney Stark.)
在《The Victory of Reason》中，Rodney Stark 表示中国古代帝国其实在 11 世纪就爆发过工业革命。他们当时生产了 10 万吨铁。并且他们利用这些铁来提高其他产业的生产力。…
In The Victory of Reason, Rodney Stark says that Imperial China actually had an industrial revolution, in the 11th century. They produced 100,000 tons of iron. They were using the iron to improve productivity of other things.…
…然后政府取缔了铁器工业，整个进程戛然而止。但他们本可以在比英国早五个世纪的时候，至少开启工业革命的萌芽。（出处：Rodney Stark 所著《The Victory of Reason》。）其次，中国曾拥有至少称霸远东、本可称霸印度洋的舰队。但在 1434 年后不久，中国皇帝下令终止航海…
…and the government shut down the iron industry, and the whole thing stopped. But they could have had at least the beginnings of the industrial revolution five centuries before England. (Source: The Victory of Reason, by Rodney Stark.) Second, China had fleets that dominated at least the Far East, and could have dominated the Indian Ocean. But shortly after 1434, the Chinese emperor decreed an end to the voyages…
…公立学校教的——这不是我的锅。不过我可以给你个引用：“第二章探讨了在所谓的黑暗时代奠定的资本主义的物质与宗教基础。”——Rodney Stark《The Victory of Reason》，第 xiv 页。资本主义可比 1549 年要古老得多得多了。
…taught in public schools - not my fault. But I have a cite for you: "Chapter 2 examines the material and religious foundations of capitalism that were laid down during the so-called Dark Ages." -- The Victory of Reason by Rodney Stark, pg. xiv Capitalism is a heluva lot older than 1549.
我的出处是 Rodney Stark 写的《The Victory of Reason》，从第 131 页开始。https://www.amazon.com/Victory-Reason-Christianity-Freedom-C...
My source is "The Victory of Reason" by Rodney Stark starting on page 131. https://www.amazon.com/Victory-Reason-Christianity-Freedom-C...