Shen Kuo (Chinese: 沈括; 1031–1095) or Shen Gua, courtesy name Cunzhong (存中) and pseudonym Mengqi (now usually given as Mengxi) Weng (夢溪翁), was a Chinese...
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practice was criticized by Shen Kuo in his work of 1088. Yet Shen Kuo had much more to criticize than this practice alone. Shen objected to the idea of his...
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scholar-officials drafted by the government through imperial examinations. Shen Kuo (1031–1095), author of the Dream Pool Essays, is a prime example, an inventor...
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Chinese polymath and statesman Shen Kuo (1031–1095), published in 1088 during the Song dynasty (960–1279) of China. Shen compiled this encyclopedic work...
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Challenger Deep (section 2018 – RV Shen Kuo)
the 2,150-ton twin-hulled scientific research vessel Shen Kuo (also Shengkuo, Shen Ko, or Shen Quo), departed Shanghai on 25 November 2018 and returned...
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History of mineralogy (section Theories of Shen Kuo)
that is worth mentioning above all is Shen Kuo. The medieval Chinese Song dynasty statesman and scientist Shen Kuo (1031–1095 AD) wrote of his land formation...
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puddling) was known in the 11th century in East Asia, where the scholar Shen Kuo of that era described its use in the Chinese iron and steel industry. In...
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When he asked Shen Kuo why eclipses occurred only on an occasional basis while in conjunction and opposition once a month, Shen Kuo wrote: I answered...
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ideas of reincarnation and body-soul dualism. Huan Tan Wang Chong Ma Rong Shen Kuo Ximen Bao Feng Youlan (Fung Yu-Lan), rationalist who integrated Neo-Confucian...
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dynasty, using ceramic materials. As described by the Chinese scholar Shen Kuo (沈括) (1031–1095): When he wished to print, he took an iron frame and set...
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