Knowledge petrie dish In the past, Chinese people discovered much knowledge and invented much technology, but, influenced by the Confucian belief that profit was not a worthy application of wisdom, never converted these into commercial products.
話說回來，以前中國人天工開物，知識及技術的藏量極為豐厚，但在儒家「何必曰利？」的信念下，知識始終沒有和利潤掛勾。