"Kao Gong Ji" is a document from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period in China that describes the specifications and manufacturing processes of various types of government-run handicrafts. This work describes the design specifications and manufacturing processes of various types of handicrafts in Qi State. It retains a large number of handicraft production technologies and arts and crafts materials from the pre-Qin period, and records a series of production management and construction systems. To a certain extent, it reflects the ideas.
"Kao Gong Ji" attaches great importance to the manufacture and improvement of production tools, which reflects its emphasis on developing productivity. Fu is a hoeing tool and an important agricultural tool in the Spring and Autumn Period. Axes, weights, chisels, curved knives, measuring instruments, etc. are indispensable tools for handicraft production. "Kaogong Ji" summarizes the production technology of this type of utensils from the perspective of smelting technology in the bronze handicraft industry. Extended information
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"Kao Gong Ji" is not long in length, but it contains quite a lot of scientific and technological information. The content involves car making, weapons, ritual vessels, Handicraft technologies such as chimes, dyeing, construction, and water conservancy also involve natural science knowledge such as astronomy, biology, mathematics, physics, and chemistry. Because of this, there have been endless annotations and studies on "Kaogongji" in the past dynasties.
Among them, scholars with outstanding achievements include Zheng Xuan of the Han Dynasty in the early period, Jia Gongyan of the Tang Dynasty in the middle period, and Dai Zhen, Cheng Yaotian, and Sun Yirang of the Qing Dynasty in the late period. "Kao Gong Ji" introduces the production technology and inspection methods of chariots, palaces, weapons, ritual and music instruments, etc., involving knowledge and experience summaries in mathematics, mechanics, acoustics, metallurgy, architecture, etc.
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