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Shen Kuo
"Mengxi Bi Tan" was written by Shen Kuo, a scientist and politician in the Northern Song Dynasty. It collects what Shen Kuo saw, heard and said throughout his life, with a total of 26 volumes, plus 3 volumes of "Supplementary Bi Tan" and 1 volume of "Continued Bi Tan". A total of 609 items are divided into 17 categories: stories, dialectics, music, imagery, personnel, government, power and wisdom, art, calligraphy and painting, skills, utensils, magic, strange things, fallacies, ridicule, magazines, and medicine. The content covers astronomy, mathematics, geography, physics, biology, medicine and pharmacy, military, literature, history, archeology and music. It can be said to be a glorious masterpiece that embodies the scientific achievements of previous generations. Therefore, it is highly praised and respected by Chinese and foreign scholars. Professor Joseph Needham, a famous British scientist, called Shen Kuo the most outstanding figure in the entire history of Chinese science and praised "Mengxi Bi Tan" as "the coordinate of the history of Chinese science." "Mengxi Bi Tan Quanjian" selects the essence and interprets it according to the original text, annotations and translations, striving to be accurate and convenient for readers to appreciate.
"Mengxi Bi Tan" was written by Shen Kuo, a scientist and politician in the Northern Song Dynasty. It collects what Shen Kuo saw, heard and said throughout his life, with a total of 26 volumes, plus 3 volumes of "Supplementary Bi Tan" and 1 volume of "Continued Bi Tan". A total of 609 items are divided into 17 categories: stories, dialectics, music, imagery, personnel, government, power and wisdom, art, calligraphy and painting, skills, utensils, magic, strange things, fallacies, ridicule, magazines, and medicine. The content covers astronomy, mathematics, geography, physics, biology, medicine and pharmacy, military, literature, history, archeology and music. It can be said to be a glorious masterpiece that embodies the scientific achievements of previous generations. Therefore, it is highly praised and respected by Chinese and foreign scholars. Professor Joseph Needham, a famous British scientist, called Shen Kuo the most outstanding figure in the entire history of Chinese science and praised "Mengxi Bi Tan" as "the coordinate of the history of Chinese science." "Mengxi Bi Tan Quanjian" selects the essence and interprets it according to the original text, annotations and translations, striving to be accurate and convenient for readers to appreciate.