梦溪笔谈 (夢谿筆談) Mèng Xī Bǐ Tán

  1. Mèng Xī Bǐ Tán proper noun Dream Pool Essays
    Domain: History 历史 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Book 书
    Notes: c. 1088 book by Song scientist and statesman Shen Kuo 沈括 on geology, astronomy, movable type printing, botany, zoology, and swords. It contained the first description of describe the magnetic needle compass
  2. mèng xī bǐtán proper noun Dream Pool Essays
    Domain: Literature 文学 , Subdomain: China , Concept: Book Title 书名
    Notes: By Shen Kuo 沈括, book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass (CC-CEDICT '夢溪筆談')