苗伟 / Miao Wei
Miao Wei is the [[TalkSanlian|Talk三联]] guest in EP259 与苗师傅漫谈徐光启：四百年前如何让人变聪明？. The episode introduces him through his new [[SanlianLifeWeekly|三联生活周刊]] cover article on [[XuGuangqi|徐光启]] and mentions his earlier small book 《面包会友》, where he had already used a Xu Guangqi-related figure.
His role in the source is to turn Xu Guangqi from a textbook name into a problem of [[IntellectualLifeAsPractice|智识生活]]. Miao frames the episode around the desire to “make oneself smarter”: learning [[EuclidsElementsChinese|《几何原本》]], understanding astronomy through [[ChongzhenLishu|《崇祯历书》]], treating agriculture as survival knowledge, and asking why science did not become institutionally continuous after the early Jesuit encounter.
Miao’s explanatory style is strongly essayistic. He moves among field visits to Xu Guangqi’s Shanghai tomb and [[MatteoRicci|利玛窦]]’s Beijing tomb, historical interpretation, book references, and present-day analogies to chips and AI. That makes him a [[HumanisticScienceCommunication|humanistic science communication]] node rather than only a history guest.
Connections
- [[GaoYiding|高一丁]], Talk三联, and [[SanlianLifeWeekly|三联生活周刊]] - episode and publication context.
- 徐光启 / Xu Guangqi, 利玛窦 / Matteo Ricci, 汤若望 / Johann Adam Schall von Bell, and 杨光先 / Yang Guangxian - historical figures he discusses.
- Late-Ming Western Learning / 晚明西学东渐, Euclidean Proof Training / 欧几里得式证明训练, Calendar Reform Legitimacy / 历法改革与政治合法性, and Science Value Transmission / 科学价值观传入 - main interpretive frames he develops.
- Humanistic Science Communication and Fieldwork As Knowledge Method / 田野作为知识方法 - reporting and explanation modes visible in the episode.