Shen Kuo (沈括) was a scientist of the Northern Song Dynasty.He was(1)
an
an
all-round scholar of astronomy,physics,chemistry,geology and medical science.(2)
However
However
,Shen Kuo's reputation has been mostly in the field of scientific writing:he was the first(3)
to build
to build
(build) graphic maps.
Thanks(4)
to
to
his mother,Shen Kuo received a formal education in his childhood.He was diligent and he read so much that he suffered eye pain later in life.While in his(5)
thirties
thirties
(thirty),Shen Kuo frequently dreamed of a place.In the dream,he climbed a hill,the top of(6)
which
which
was covered with brightly colored flowers and trees.Clear waters(7)
flowed
flowed
(flow) at the base of the hill,with trees on either side.Later on,when(8)
traveling/travelling
traveling/travelling
(travel) around,he was shocked to find a piece of land that was(9)
exactly
exactly
(exact)the one in his dream .There he settled and wrote of the discoveries he had made in his lifetime.
This extraordinary story is the origin of Shen's the Dream Rivulet Diary (《夢溪筆談》).The Dream Rivulet Diary was a milestone in the history of Chinese science.So far,this amazing scientific work(10)
has been put
has been put
(put) into a number of different languages,including English,F(xiàn)rench,German and Japanese.