It should be called "Heavenly Creation".

"Heavenly Creations" was first published in 1637 (the tenth year of Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty). It is a comprehensive scientific and technological work in ancient China, some people also call it an encyclopedic work, and the author is Song Yingxing, a scientist in the Ming Dynasty. Foreign scholars call it "the encyclopedia of Chinese craftsmanship in the 17th century". In the book, the author emphasizes that human beings should be in harmony with nature, and human beings should be in harmony with natural forces.

During his tenure as the Fenyi County Governor of Jiangxi Province, Song Yingxing compiled the techniques he had investigated and studied in agriculture and handicrafts into a book, which was published with the financial support of his friend Tu Shaoxuan during his ten years in Chongzhen.

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"Heavenly Creations" records various techniques in ancient China before the middle of the Ming Dynasty. The book is divided into three parts, 18 volumes. It is accompanied by 121 illustrations depicting the names, shapes, and processes of more than 130 production technologies and tools.

Part I:

Nari: Cultivation techniques for food crops

Nafu: the source and processing method of raw materials for clothing

Zhangshi: Dyeing method of plant dyes

Essence: The processing of grains

Salty: An introduction to the production method of salt

Sweetheart: Sugarcane cultivation, sugar production, and beekeeping

Part II:

Pottery: the production of bricks, tiles, and ceramics

Metallurgy: The casting of metal objects

Boat and car: the structure, production and use of ships and vehicles

Hammer forging: Iron and bronze tools are made using the hammer forging method

Burnt stone: the production technology of non-metallic minerals such as lime and coal

Paste: Method for extracting vegetable oils and fats

Finishing: The method of making paper

Next:

Hardware: mining and smelting of metals

Good Soldier: How to make weapons

Danqing: The production of ink and pigments

Koji tiller: How to make sake

Jewel: The source of jewelry and jade

appraise

The book is the world's first comprehensive work on agriculture and handicraft production, and has been called "the encyclopedia of technology" by European scholars. It systematically summarizes the various technologies of ancient China and constitutes a complete scientific and technological system. The rich experience in agriculture is summarized, and the achievements of process technology are fully reflected. Many of the production techniques described in the book have been used until modern times.

Tiangong Kaiwu has been translated into a variety of languages, but because the Manchu Qing Dynasty's literary prison "Tiangong Kaiwu" suddenly disappeared from the world during the Kangxi period of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, in the following more than 100 years, let the world search hard and did not see, until the end of the Qing Dynasty in 1920 finally appeared again in Japan, a sensation around the world, once set off the "Tiangong" fever", this strange book has finally seen the light of day. The living fossils of Chinese traditional craft technology are recorded in the book hundreds of years ago, most of which still exist in the folk, and there is no lack of traditional handicrafts, these crafts are irreplaceable by any modern technology, but they are on the verge of being lost under the influence of modern civilization and need to be rescued, so this book is a living fossil of Chinese traditional craft technology...

Other:

After the liberation, the original engraved copy of Chongzhen ten years (1637) was found in the Tianyi Pavilion Library in Ningbo, and it has been photocopied and published. In recent years, a number of research articles and new annotations have been published.