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Stories of Inspiration: “Learning Is Beneficial to the Talent, Just as Grinding Can Make the Knife Sharp”
Literary and artistic production is about arduous creation that does not allow even the slightest falsehood.
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Cultural Progress
Chapter 1 , “Cultural Progress,” was written by Xu Lianhua and translated by Chen Zhen and Qiu Qingqing....
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Education, Science, and Technology
Chapter 3 , “Education, Science and Technology,” was written by the late Zhuang Dianzhou in the original...
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Knowledge by Design—Architecture and Jade Models During the Qianlong 乾隆 Reign (1735–1796)
Archival household records and artifactual evidence suggest that the Qing emperors and ‘court officials’ use of models was part and parcel of a...
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Vertical and Horizontal Beginnings
This chapter aims at painting a macroscopic picture for the evolution of world civilizations, sketching the part played by the Chinese civilization...
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The Four Great Inventions
The invention of papermaking technology is one of the most outstanding contributions made by the Chinese people to the world civilization. It is not...
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Mathematics
Mathematics is one of the most developed disciplines of basic science in ancient China. The ancient Chinese mathematics is often referred to as the...
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Astronomy
In the time when Sima Qian lived, and even long before that, knowledge was well developed of mathematics, metallurgy, textile, architecture,...
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Conversations between China and the West: The missionaries in early Qing Dynasty and their researches on the Book of Changes
By the early 18 th Century, the “Rites Controversy” among the missionaries themselves has evolved into a culture conflict between the Qing Empire and...
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China and the Western Heartland
It is commonly stated that China’s history is that of the world’s longest enduring civilisation. It is also suggested that Chinese culture, initially...
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Sadr al-Sharī‘ah al-Thanī, ‘Ubayd Allāh ibn Mas‘ūd (fl. Bukhārā, d. 747 ah/ad 1347) was a scholar and astronomer of the fourteenth century.
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The Chinese philosopher Wang Chong was born in Shangyu (modern Zhejiang) in AD 27. According to his biographies, he came from a poor family and...
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Abū’l -Hasan ‘AIī ibn Sahl Rabbān al-Ṭabarī was born in the environs of the city of Marw, in the province of Khurasān in Persia (presently Mary, in...
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As traditionally used in the West, the terms East and West imply that the two are somehow of equal importance. While that might be arguable in the...
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The abacus has taken several physical forms: a board covered with dust or wax, or simply a patch of sand on the ground which could be marked out, a...