01701cam a22003253u 4500 27292 UtSlPG 20260610133625.0 m cr n 260607r2008||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG zh iso639-1 PL Shen, Kuo, 1031-1095 夢溪筆談 Mengxi Bi Tan Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2008 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dream_Pool_Essays Release date is 2008-11-18 Produced by Jun-Bi Lai "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.) Original publication data not identified China -- History -- Song dynasty, 960-1279 -- Anecdotes https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27292 68201 68201