Buch, Englisch, Band 17, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 476 g
The World's Oldest Encyclopaedia of Technologies
Buch, Englisch, Band 17, 222 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 476 g
Reihe: Technology and Change in History
ISBN: 978-90-04-41690-1
Verlag: Brill
In Kao Gong Ji: The World’s Oldest Encyclopaedia of Technologies, Guan Zengjian and Konrad Herrmann offer an English translation and commentary of the first technological encyclopaedia in China. This work came into being around the 5th century C.E. and contains descriptions of thirty technologies used at the time. Most prominent are bronze casting, the manufacture of carriages and weapons, a metrological standard, the making of musical instruments, and the planning of cities. The technologies, including the manufacturing process and quality assurance, are based on standardization and modularization. In several commentaries, the editors show to which degree the descriptions of Kao Gong Ji correspond to archaeological findings.
Fachgebiete
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Geschichte der Naturwissenschaften, Formalen Wissenschaften & Technik
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wissenschafts- und Universitätsgeschichte
- Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Buchgeschichte, Bibliotheksgeschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
Weitere Infos & Material
Abbreviations and Conventions
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Preface
Introduction
On historical editions and commenting of “Kao Gong Ji”
Historical background of “Kao Gong Ji”
Location and period of origin of “Kao Gong Ji”
The text
Introduction
Manufacture of chariots
The wheelmaker
The carriage carpenter
The pole carpenter
The bronze caster
Bronze bells
Measuring standards
Agricultural tools (missing)
Leather
The tanner
The drum maker
Tailor of mourning garments (missing)
Furrier (missing)
Paints
Dyer of feathers
Dyer of clothes (missing)
Dyer of silk
The jade polisher
Comb maker (missing)
Bone carver (missing)
The manufacturer of chimes
The arrow tip manufacturer
The potter
The carpenter Ziren
The weapon carpenter
Construction workers
The carriage manufacturer
The bow manufacturer
Analysis – Commentaries
Manufacture of carriages
Astronomy
Bronze technology
Bronze objects – Vessels, weapons, mirrors
Metrology
Musical instruments
Jade
Ceramics and porcelain
Civil engineering
Manufacture of bows
Bibliography
Index of Personal and Geographical Names
Index of Subjects
