王丽娜老师认为中国大致在15世纪就开始落后于西方,我认为这个观点值得商榷。如何判断一个国家的强弱盛衰,其标准颇难制定。从历史角度看,一般以生产方式的高下作为依据,但也不能绝对化、简单化。欧美一些国家从17世纪中叶开始确立先进的资本主义生产方式,但是,手工工场时代的 Teacher Wang Lina believes that China began to lag behind the West in the 15th century. I think this view is debatable. How to judge the strength and weakness of a country, its standards are quite difficult to formulate. From a historical point of view, it is generally based on the pros and cons of production methods, but it cannot be absolute or simplistic. Some countries in Europe and America have established advanced capitalist production methods since the middle of the 17th century. However, in the era of handcraft workshops,