Kao gong ji : the world's oldest encyclopaedia of technologies
by
 
Guan, Zengjian, 1956- translator, editor.

Title
Kao gong ji : the world's oldest encyclopaedia of technologies
 
Kao gong ji (Brill Academic Publishers)
 
Technology and change in history,
 
Kao gong ji.
 
Kao gong ji. English.
 
Kao gong ji. German.
 
Technology and change in history ;

Author
Guan, Zengjian, 1956- translator, editor.

ISBN
9789004416901

Uniform Title
Kao gong ji (Brill Academic Publishers)

Physical Description
xvi, 222 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm.

Series
Technology and change in history, volume 17
 
Technology and change in history ; v. 11.

General Note
"Revised and updated translation from the Chinese edition: [Chinese characters] (ISBN: 978-7-313-12133-2) by Guan Zengjian, © Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press 2014. Published by Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press."--Title page verso.
 
"This edition is jointly published with Shanghai Jiao Tong University Press"--Title page verso.

Abstract
"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Subject Term
Technology -- China -- Early works to 1800.
 
Science -- China -- Early works to 1800.

Added Author
Guan, Zengjian, 1956-
 
Herrmann, Konrad, Dr.,

Added Corporate Author
Shanghai jiao tong da xue,

Added Uniform Title
Container of (expression): Kao gong ji.
 
Container of (expression): Kao gong ji. English.
 
Container of (expression): Kao gong ji. German.

Bibliographical References
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-215) and indexes.

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