anthropology architecture astronomy bi sheng biological botany brahma cartography chemistry china chinese calendar chinese language chinese literature circumpolar star climate corbel divination engineering english language folklore fossil french language garden geography geology geomorphology gold greek fire han dynasty hangzhou history of science and technology in china hydraulic engineering i ching insect iron irrigation japanese language jiangsu jincheng joseph needham lacquer law lightning list of chinese writers mathematics medicine metallurgy meteorology middle chinese military mineralogy movable type music nathan sivin noble court noctuidae observatory pharmaceutics philology physics pinyin pole star police polymath printing project gutenberg qingzhou rafter shen kuo silver song dynasty steel strut sword technology technology of the song dynasty thorax vernacular chinese wade-giles wuzhou yu hao zhejiang zhenjiang zoology