Song Yingxing was a Chinese scientist and encyclopedist who lived during the late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). He was the author of Tiangong Kaiwu, an encyclopedia that covered a wide variety of technical subjects, including the use of gunpowder weapons.
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Song Yingxing was a Chinese scientist and encyclopedist who lived during the late Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). He was the author of Tiangong Kaiwu, an encyclopedia that covered a wide variety of technical subjects, including the use of gunpowder weapons. The British biochemist, sinologist, and historian Joseph Needham called Song Yingxing "The Diderot of China."
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Writers
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deceased
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Lived 1587 to 1666 · aged 79
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