Concepts of Space and Time in Ancient China and in Modern Cosmology

Just as “the manifold forms of Greek philosophy contain in embryo, in the nascent state, almost all later modes of outlook on the world,”2 germs of modern science can also be found in ancient Chinese philosophy and scientific ideology. Concepts of time, space and the cosmos, which are important components of man’s view of nature, are no exception. Some ideas of time and space in modern physics and cosmology are also reflected in ancient Chinese works.