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The first complete English translation of Brush  Talks from Dream Brook Being selected by Library of Chinese Classics 

Introduction: 

This is the first complete English translation of Brush  Talks from Dream Brook. Brush Talks from Dream  Brook was called "a landmark in the history ofscience  in China."by Joseph Needham (1900-95), famous  preeminent authority on the history of Chinese science.  This encyclopedic book is composed of 609 jottings and  is further classified into 17 parts covering a wide area  such as official decrees and regulations, finance, military  affairs, diplomacy, history, archaeology, literature,  art, science and technology. Many of the scientific  achievements recorded in the book reached the highest  level of the then world. Brush Talks from Dream Brook has great scientific  influence around the world. In early 19th century, Japan  has published it while in 20th more than 8 countries in  Europe has translated it into their language and did deep  research into Chinese culture base on the masterpiece. 

Author: 

Shen Kuo (1031-95) ,the prominet Scholar-statesman in  Northern Song Dynasty, Chinese translated into Modern  Chinese by Hu Daojing, the most authoritative researcher  of Brush Talks from Dream Brook, Englishtranslated  by Wang Hong, president of Foreign language school of  Suzhou University. 

EXTENT: 1065 Pages 

FORMAT: 160 x 240mm 

Hardcover  

ISBN: 978-7-220- 07741-8 

List Price: 198 RMB (2 volumes) 

RIGHTS HELD: World. All Languages 

RIGHTS SOLD: English (United Kimdom)