| 摘要 | 第1-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-8页 |
| 1. Introduction | 第8-9页 |
| 2. The Invention of Gunpowder and Cannon in China | 第9-11页 |
| 3. Firearms between the Mongol Conquests and 1514 | 第11-18页 |
| ·The spreading of gunpowder technology to Europe | 第11-13页 |
| ·European developments | 第13-16页 |
| ·New firearms | 第13-15页 |
| ·Gunpowder improvements | 第15-16页 |
| ·East Asian developments | 第16-17页 |
| ·Summary | 第17-18页 |
| 4. China's Adoption of European Cannon,1514-1683 | 第18-28页 |
| ·During the 16~(th) century | 第18-21页 |
| ·Adoption of folangji and muskets | 第18-20页 |
| ·During the Japanese invasions of Korea | 第20-21页 |
| ·During the Manchu conquest | 第21-25页 |
| ·The loss of Manchuria and "red barbarian cannon" | 第21-23页 |
| ·Sun Yuanhua's failing military reform | 第23-24页 |
| ·Cannon casting in the late Ming and the early Qing | 第24-25页 |
| ·During the Sino-Dutch War | 第25-27页 |
| ·Summary | 第27-28页 |
| 5. Developments until the First Opium War | 第28-33页 |
| ·China's cannon making backslide | 第28-30页 |
| ·China's high living standard and the emergence of the Great Divergence | 第30-32页 |
| ·Summary | 第32-33页 |
| 6. A Comparison to the Adoption of European Astronomy | 第33-39页 |
| ·The calendar crisis and the arrival of the Jesuits | 第33-34页 |
| ·Jesuit eclipse prediction successes and reform efforts | 第34-36页 |
| ·The calendar reform | 第36-37页 |
| ·Limits of the knowledge transmission concerning Copernican theories | 第37-39页 |
| ·Summary and comparison | 第39页 |
| 7. Conclusion | 第39-42页 |
| References | 第42-44页 |
