An A analysis into the Gauses of the Impossibility for Modern University to Originate in China

近代大学一般被认为是源于中世纪的西欧。然而观阅中世纪西欧的历史会让我们发现 ,那是一个极为黑暗的时代 ;反观同时期的东方 ,此时的中华文明一片辉煌。这不由让人思索和回味 ,为何近代大学的瑰丽之花 ,没有发端于东方的沃土 ,却产生在西方的荒原。It is generally accepted that modern universities originated from Western Europe in the Middle Ages,one of the darkest era in history.In contrast,Chinese civilization was brilliant at that time.But why didn't universities emerge in the fertile soil in the East instead of coming up in the barren desert in the West?This is indeed a good food for thought