《指南针的故事》 从发现磁石到发明司南,从制造指南鱼、指南龟到制造水罗盘、旱罗盘,中国的指南针日臻完善,为世界航海事业的发展提供了宝贵的技术支持。 《印刷术的故事》讲述了中国古代印刷术起源与发展的故事。其中有一条清晰的脉络就是中国文化繁荣与发展推动了印刷术的发展。2000多年前的中百争鸣,各种学说的传播期待一种更的书写方式,到了科举时代,读书人对于阅读儒家经典的需求日益,更是迫切需要一种快速复制书籍的技术。中国古人从拓碑的原理中受到启发,发明了雕版印刷术。但为了解决雕版印刷中容易出错的难题,提高印刷的效率,宋代的昇潜心研究,又发明了活字印刷术。如果说纸张为知识的传播提供了经济便捷的载体,那么印刷术则为知识的传播插上了一双翅膀,印刷术让文化的交流打破了时间和空间的限制。 The Story of Printing looks at the origin and development of printing in ancient China, and how thriving Chinese culture helped advance printing techniques. More than two thousand years ago various schools of thoughts vied for attention in the country, and their propagation demanded a more efficienwyf writing. By the time the imperial examination system was established, the growing demand by scholars for studying Confucian classics meant that a method of quickly copying books needed to be found. Inspired by paper rubbings of engraved stone steles, ancient Chinese invented woodblock printing. In the Song Dynasty some one thousand years ago, Bi Sheng tried to tackle the issue of frequent mistakes in carving printing blocks and gaining higher efficiency by inventing printing using movable type. If paper offered an economical and convenient medium for the spread of knowledge, then printing added wings to this process, breakin te oundary of time and space for the transmission of culture.