This book reflects the most advanced scientific achievements at that time and also records the deeds of many civilian inventors.
The expanded material Meng Qian Bi Tan is written at the end of 1 1. Generally speaking, it is between 1086 and 1093. The author said that his creation "is not a person's interest", and the starting point is "the shade in the mountains is intended to talk." The title of Meng Qian Bitan is the name of "Meng Xi Park" where Shen Kuo lived in seclusion in Runzhou (now Zhenjiang) in his later years.
Books, including Zuben, have long been lost in the Song Dynasty. The oldest version that can be seen now is 1305 (the ninth year of Yuan Dade), which is now in the National Library of China. Yuan Dade's engraving is rare, with clear circulation and orderly version. After several dynasties, it was easily collected by its owner and bought back in Hongkong on 1965 under the auspices of Zhou Enlai.
Meng Qian Bitan has worldwide influence. Japan printed this masterpiece as early as the middle of19th century. In the 20th century, scholars and sinologists from France, Germany, Britain, the United States and Italy made a systematic and in-depth study of Meng Qian's pen talk. Prior to this, there had been translations in English, French, Italian, German and other languages.
With regard to the creation background and related situation of Meng Qian Bi Tan, the author Shen Kuo clearly stated in the Preface to Meng Qian Bi Tan that after 1082 (five years of Song Yuanfeng), the author was politically frustrated and lived in Runzhou around 1088 (three years) and built Meng Xi Park here.
In his creation, the author claimed to be "Saint Mo's national politics, which is close to the palace, and dare not be private. As for those who were smeared by the literati of that day, although they were good and unwilling to write books, they kept saying that people were evil. " That is to say, Shen Kuo didn't and didn't want to get involved in the private affairs of the emperor, the gains and losses of the dynasty, the reputation of personnel, and even his previous career experience. Therefore, the author's works are all "stakeholders who have nothing to do with people", and the starting point is "the shade in the mountains is intended to talk about it."
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