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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 34. Chapters: 16th-century Chinese monarchs, 16th-century Chinese physicians, Ming Dynasty people, Song Yingxing, Wanli Emperor, Zhengde Emperor, Jiajing Emperor, Hua Sui, Li Shizhen, Zhang Dai, Hongzhi Emperor, Huang Zongxi, Zheng Zhilong, Yang Xian, Shi Lang, Qin Liangyu, Longqing Emperor, Zhang Xianzhong, Xu Xiake, Luo Guanzhong, Song Yingchang, Hong Zicheng, Chen Yuanyuan, Gao Lian, Tan Yunxian, Hang Li Po, Princess Changping, Chen Cheng, Tang Xianzu, Giovanni Niccolo, Xu Pu, Qu You, Fei Xin, Shi Nai'an, Xu Zhonglin, Liang Dao Ming, Wei Zhouzuo, Madam Ke, Lu Cai, Yuan Shizhong, Sun Chengzong. Excerpt: Song Yingxing (Traditional Chinese: Simplified Chinese: Wade Giles: Sung Ying-Hsing; 1587-1666 AD), born in Yichun of Jiangxi, was a Chinese scientist and encyclopedist who lived during the late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). He was the author of an encyclopedia that covered a wide variety of technical subjects, including the use of gunpowder weapons. Comparing him to the famous French encyclopedist Denis Diderot, the British sinologist and historian Joseph Needham called Song Yingxing, "The Diderot of China." Song Yingxing achieved only modest wealth and influence during his life. Born in 1587 to a gentry family of reduced circumstances, he participated in the imperial examinations, and passed the provincial test in 1615, at the age of 28. However, he was repeatedly unsuccessful in the metropolitan examination. Song sat for the test five times, the last being in 1631 at the age of 44. After this last failure, he held a series of minor positions in provincial government. The works for which Song is known today all date from 1636 to 1637. The repeated trips to the capital to participate in the metropolitan examination likely provided him with the broad base of knowledge demonstrated in the works. Song retired from public life ...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781158157020
  • Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 36
  • Spine Width: 2 mm
  • Weight: 82 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1158157029
  • Publisher Date: 18 Aug 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: 16th-Century Chinese Monarchs, 16th-Century Chinese Physicians, Ming Dynasty People, Song Yingxing, Wanli Emperor
  • Width: 189 mm


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