Abstract:

In traditional Chinese culture, there exist some important categories that embody the experience of “weaving”. As cultural “memes”, they have been exerting a subtle influence on all aspects of social life and still hold significant value today. This deserves considerable attention in the study of Chinese scientific and technological culture. The most typical categories influenced by the experience of “weaving” are jing (warp) and wei (weft). Similar categories include zuzhi (organization), jiegou (structure), chuantong (tradition), and chixu (continuity), each of which is written with one or two characters containing the radical si (silk). The enduring influence of these categories has enhanced the integrity, resilience, and continuity of the development of traditional Chinese society, helped to strengthen cultural cohesion, and facilitated adaptation to change and innovation. However, the historical forms of these categories also contain certain limitations that call for reflection and sublation. In the intelligent era, the experience of “weaving” embedded in traditional Chinese culture demonstrates its unique intellectual value. It has great practical significance for reasonably addressing the immense challenges that advances in high technology pose to social structures, interpersonal relationships, and ways of thinking, and for promoting the formation and development of a community with a shared future for mankind.

Key words: scientific and technological culture, experience of weaving, historical influence, contemporary significance