地质研究所 / 地质调查所

The 地质研究所 and 地质调查所 appear in 19.荒野上的大师：“我辈于乱世求研究，本为逆流之妄举” as one of the four institutional peaks in [[HuangyeShangDeDashi|《荒野上的大师》]]. The episode associates them most strongly with [[DingWenjiang|丁文江]] and the early formation of modern Chinese geology.

The source presents the geology branch as both scientific and national. Field survey, mining sites, rock and mineral analysis, microscopes, maps, and foreign-trained instructors make geology a way of knowing China’s territory and resources. The later movement toward paleontology and the [[Zhoukoudian|周口店]] discoveries shows the institution’s research range expanding beyond immediate industrial use.

Key Claims

• The geology institutions embody Fieldwork As Knowledge Method / 田野作为知识方法 because researchers must walk, sample, measure, and compare.
• They train a new generation of Chinese geologists while mixing traditional scholarly forms with modern scientific tools.
• The episode treats their openness to international expertise as part of Cosmopolitan Chinese Scholarship / 世界主义的中国学术, not as a loss of Chinese purpose.
• Their paleontology branch leads toward the [[Zhoukoudian|周口店]] Peking Man story.

Connections

• [[DingWenjiang|丁文江]] - central organizer in the source.
• [[XuXiake|徐霞客]] - historical fieldwork ancestor recovered by Ding.
• [[PeiWenzhong|裴文中]] and [[Zhoukoudian|周口店]] - later paleontology branch.
• Modern Chinese Academic Institution Building / 中国现代学术制度建设, Fieldwork As Knowledge Method / 田野作为知识方法, and Cosmopolitan Chinese Scholarship / 世界主义的中国学术 - concept links.