夢溪筆談 by Kuo Shen
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"夢溪筆談" by Kuo Shen is an encyclopedic work published in 1088 during China's Song dynasty. Written during the author's forced retirement from government service, this wide-ranging collection explores topics from mathematics and astronomy to medicine and metallurgy. The work records groundbreaking observations about magnetic declination, compass navigation, and movable type printing. It also contains remarkable theories about fossils, climate change, and geological formations, alongside accounts of strange phenomena. Compiled on Shen's estate
near modern Zhenjiang, these essays capture the extensive knowledge of one of China's great polymaths. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Shen, Kuo, 1031-1095 |
|---|---|
| Title | 夢溪筆談 |
| Alternate Title | Mengxi Bi Tan |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Pool_Essays |
| Credits | Produced by Jun-Bi Lai |
| Language | Chinese |
| LoC Class | PL: Language and Literatures: Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania |
| Subject | China -- History -- Song dynasty, 960-1279 -- Anecdotes |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 27292 |
| Release Date | Nov 18, 2008 |
| Last Update | Jan 4, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1065 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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