Chinese Achievements

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1, Pragmatic Chinese Inventions

Summary

In more than a millennium from the Qin Dynasty to the Yun Dynasty , Chinese science and technology took the lead in the world , and contributed greatly to the progress of the human civilization . An English science historian Bernard said , “For many centuries China was one of the great centers of human civilization and science .” Another English science historian Joseph Needham pointed out , “In many important respects the Chinese made scientific and technological inventions ahead of the legendary figures who created famous ‘hopeful miracles’. The Chinese were abreast with the Arabs when Arabs possessed all the cultural wealth of the Western world . Between the third century A.D. and the 13th . century A.D. , the Chinese kept scientific knowledge at a level far above that of the western world .”
        — —     The Summary
        — —     Characteristics of Ancient Chinese Science And Technology 1
        — —     Characteristics of Ancient Chinese Science And Technology 2

2, Crystallization of Wisdom

Robert Temple , a British scholar , stated in his work “China—A Nation of Discoveries and Inventions” : Probably over half of the inventions the modern world bases on have originated from China. Beside the four Great Chinese Inventions of compass , gunpowder , printing and paper making , many discoveries and inventions with respect to modern agriculture , navigation , petroleum industry , meteorological observation , music , decimal arithmetic , paper money , multistage rocket , submarine torpedo , poisonous gas , gun and cannon , parachute , brandy , whisky , and even he core design of steam engine were made first by the Chinese in the face of nature . These inventions have been the crystallization of Chinese wisdom . Below is a brief introduction to a part of these inventions :
        — —     The secrets of sailing
        — —     The first distance-recording chariot in the world
        — —     Apparatuses and lever principle
        — —     Astronomical observation apparatus
        — —     The usage of abacus
        — —     The earliest aviation exploration
        — —     Getting fire from the sun
        — —     Chinese Astronomy

3, Four Great Inventions

Compass , paper making , gunpowder and printing were great technological achievements that the Chinese nation dedicated to the world , which altered the historical course of the human beings . They reflected and represented the brilliance and prosperity of the ancient Chinese civilization .
        — —     Four Great Inventions-Paper Making
        — —     Four great inventions-Printing
        — —     Four Great Inventions-Gunpowder
        — —     Four Great Inventions-Compass