The crafting of the 10,000 things [[electronic resource] ] : knowledge and technology in seventeenth-century China / / Dagmar Schäfer

• Autore: Schäfer Dagmar
• Pubblicazione: Chicago, : University of Chicago Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (353 p.)
• Disciplina: 609.5/1/09032
• Soggetto topico: Science - China - History - 17th century; Technology - China - History - 17th century; Cosmology, Chinese; Qi (Chinese philosophy)
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Private Affairs -- 2. Affairs of Honor -- 3. Public Affairs -- 4. Written Affairs -- 5. Formulating the Transformation -- 6. Acoustics -- Conclusion. Leaving the Theater -- Epilogue. The Aftermath -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix 1. Chinese Dynasties and Various Rulers -- Appendix 2. Song Yingxing Curriculum Vitae -- Appendix 3. Editions of the Tiangong kaiwu -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The last decades of the Ming dynasty, though plagued by chaos and destruction, saw a significant increase of publications that examined advances in knowledge and technology. Among the numerous guides and reference books that appeared during this period was a series of texts by Song Yingxing (1587-1666?), a minor local official living in southern China. His Tiangong kaiwu, the longest and most prominent of these works, documents the extraction and processing of raw materials and the manufacture of goods essential to everyday life, from yeast and wine to paper and ink to boat
• Titolo autorizzato: The crafting of the 10,000 things
• ISBN: 1-283-07845-7; 9786613078452; 0-226-73585-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464990603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II