Dasheng Gewu Zhi: Biography of Mr. Mo Yan

The Dasheng Dynasty had been peaceful for a hundred years, and the world valued classics and righteousness over craftsmanship, relegating craftsmanship to heresy. Shen Yanci, the son of a poor craftsman, has been obsessed with the invisible power hidden in magnets since he was a child. Living in a back alley and having difficulty eating enough, he has never given up exploring the mysteries of heaven and earth. As a young man, he was repeatedly looked down upon while studying, ridiculed by his classmates, and despised by scholar-bureaucrats. The shackles of class and worldly prejudice never dulled his love. After being alone, he lived in seclusion in a back alley and concentrated on experiments. He repeatedly explored with the simplest equipment, and after more than ten years of persistence, he finally discovered the secret of generating electricity from moving magnets and created the first generation of magnetic rotor motor. When there was a severe drought in the south of the Yangtze River, he used this invention to help people fight drought and provide disaster relief. He broke the conventional stereotypes with its practical work and was eventually reused by the imperial court. He devoted his whole life to the study of magnetism and imparted new knowledge. He walked out of a humble family and walked the unique scientific path of the East. He became a magnetoelectric pioneer comparable to Faraday in the West. With sincerity and perseverance, he wrote an immortal legend of a low-level prodigy in search of the truth.