During the Western learning coming in the early Qing Dynasty , JiangYong on the one hand studied the ancient knowledge of chronometer and mathematics from the traditional documents of we country.

身处清初西学进入中国之际，江永一方面从传统文献中学习我国古代天算知识，另一方面又 积极吸取西方先进天算知识。

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Third, is it possible to interpret accurately the subject matter of ancient rock art, bring to bear all available archaeological techniques and the knowledge of present-day Aboriginal informants?

第三，是否有可能准确阐释古代岩画的主题，利用所有现成的考古学技巧和当前提供消息的土著居民所了解的信息？

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The space of knowledge in ancient times was a dynamic oral tradition.

古代的知识空间是动态的口述传统。

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The foundations of knowledge of the ancient world which informs the understanding of the modern world are biblical in origin.

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In ancient times the Library of Alexandria held the collected knowledge of the Western world.

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And yet to define the university as the engine room of the knowledge economy also imposes complex new demands on an institution already struggling to reconcile its ancient tradition with the demands of mass higher education.

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