The expectation which saved the nation from subjugation since the Opium War and the Chinese tradition of practical nous are the immediate cultural motive and the intrinsic basis of Chinese scientism.

• 摘要中国实用理性的务实传统和鸦片战争以来救亡图存的期望给具有中国文化特色的科学主义的诞生提供了内在文化依据和直接文化动因。