Long before modern industrialization, ancient China was developing groundbreaking technology from seismographs and suspension bridges to advanced metallurgy and early rockets. This video uncovers the ...
Opening paragraphs -- Wheelwrights (lunren) -- Chariot-basket makers (yuren) -- Pole makers (zhouren) -- Metal workers (gong jin zhi gong) -- Forging founders (zhushi ...
The only reason such a detailed eclipse record survives is that ancient Chinese scholars believed unusual celestial phenomena carried warnings for rulers. Eclipses, auroras, and other odd atmospheric ...