Reflections on "Heavenly Creativeness"

Tiangong Wu Kai is a comprehensive work about agriculture and handicraft production written by Song, a scientist in Ming Dynasty, which includes the production technologies of grain and oil, machinery, bricks and tiles, ceramics, sulfur, candles, paper-making, weapons, gunpowder, textiles, printing and dyeing, salt making, coal mining and oil extraction.

Nowadays, with the development of science and technology, many advanced knowledge and skills in Heavenly Creations are out of date in the author's opinion and can no longer be used as process instructions. However, the author's serious and rigorous writing attitude is still worthy of recognition. The knowledge in the book is a precious legacy left by the previous generation, and many of them are worth learning from today. In particular, the author's viewpoint of "emphasizing that human beings should live in harmony with nature and that human resources should cooperate with natural forces" deserves our future generations' respect and attention.

When I read that sucrose as white as frost and snow is filtered out with clear yellow mud water, when I read the knowledge of subdivided crop varieties and their planting, irrigation, fertilization, harvesting and processing, when I read the skills of managing sericulture, jacquard weaving and printing and dyeing, I have to sigh the exquisiteness of the ancients. Shout loudly, so our ancestors were so capable!

An ancient history of China, not only has the official records of emperors vying for power and profits, but also so many talented people, working silently at the bottom and in front of the pillars of the country, has supported a huge 5,000-year legend in the stormy! To be clear, those wise men and ministers who are praised and praised have played a more destructive and obstructive role in the development of production and science than in promoting it.

"Suede is depilated. Boil the nitrate into the coat pants to keep out the wind. Socks and boots are better ... golden apes and other foreign bodies are used as hats; People who think clothes are robes are not from China. People who wear animal skins are all sketchers, but things cannot be described. Among the birds, there are people who take the feathers from the eagle's belly and threaten the goose. If they kill everything, they will get a fur. What will they do with it? "

"Every craftsman who makes flowers is the most ingenious in calculation. What color did the painter draw on the paper first, then measured it with silk thread, calculated the height, and suddenly formed. Above Zhang Xuan's greenhouse, the weaver didn't know what color to wear, put on the heald and lifted his feet with size and degree, but after the shuttle passed, the flowers actually appeared. Cover wire can see flowers when floating lightly, and leno can see flowers when weft is upright. When the shuttle picks up the yarn, the yarn will be picked up by the shuttle, not by the shuttle. Sun is clever and people are clever. "

I have seen the story of rice harvesting in the south before, and I can't figure out what that bucket of rice is like. It was not until one day I saw the illustrations in the book "Heavenly Creations" on the supermarket shelf that I realized, "Oh, so that's it!"

I was surprised by the detailed drawings of ancient buildings drawn by architect Liang Sicheng before. Only after seeing the illustrations in "Heavenly Creations" can we understand that under the condition of backward technology, the academic spirit of the ancients is far more rigorous than that of today. The so-called masters of the Republic of China are just closer to our times and publicize more. Throughout the ages, I don't know how many skilled craftsmen or intellectuals have turned into spring mud to cultivate modern civilization.

I once regretted that hundreds of pounds of precision mechanical drawings were sent directly to the paper mill as waste paper for recycling. After reading "Heavenly Creations", I realized that it is not just those drawings that are wasted in this world! The backward stereotyped writing enrollment system is extremely harmful to the country. Song, a talented man, failed the list five times. The highest rank is only a county magistrate. I was lonely when I was born, but I was still lonely after I became famous. So far, there is no TV series or literary works that specifically recommend and praise this scientific spirit.

Qiao Zhiyong of Shanxi used to do business in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, and compete with others to be a master of linseed oil. He hoarded a lot of linseed oil, and all the jars and jars were used up. He simply sewed the sheepskin into a bag, loaded it with oil, loaded it with a raft and went down the river. Oil leaked on the road, and even the river was covered with oil. It was delicious. I thought at that time, this sesame oil must not be sesame oil, right? Or is it another breed? Sesame oil is so expensive, how can it be so wasted?

I didn't know that flax is also called fat hemp until I read "Nature in Heaven", but some people commented that it is sesame. According to a friend, flax is an oil crop in the cold area of northern China, which is different from sesame and has been seen in northern Shanxi. Sesame oil tastes a little choking, better than cottonseed oil, but far less than sesame oil. I think what my friend said is right. Seeing is believing. Whether it is sesame oil or sesame oil, this Joe businessman who connects the world is really willing to invest!

Our media are willing to report the dynamics of officials, the tidbits and secrets of stars, and the legendary skills of businessmen ... A lot of media resources are wasted on propagating some backward concepts, such as ignorance, palace fighting, superstition of ghosts and gods, Machamp confusion, swords and swords, wealth and laughter, fighting between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, and mutual harm between the bottom. ...

The positive wind is not good, the right path is unclear, and science is not important. Use the advanced Internet to spread all kinds of feudal superstitions and backward thoughts and behaviors. Instead of vigorously promoting citizens' rights and obligations and advocating scientific and democratic development, we fool the public with all kinds of inferior things all day long.

On the fiery live broadcast platform, there are not only beautiful women who can talk, but also spoiled and rewarded. The wrinkled fortune teller also wants to join in the fun, wearing glasses and using the live broadcast platform to tell people's fortune! In this era, people really have nothing to say! Knowledge and culture should be used to promote human development and progress, live in harmony with nature, and make a better life last longer, instead of being used for luxury enjoyment and plundering natural resources for short-term use.

It is not a good thing to pollute water and air, promote the increase of animal and plant production with various toxic chemicals, and maintain the current living standard by overdrawing the share of future generations in advance. Perhaps, after several decades, all that will remain is the devastated cement pavement, the reinforced concrete buildings in broken walls, the overgrown city with weeds, and the black water and white sand. What can posterity say but curse!