About the author: Song was a scientist in the late Ming Dynasty in China. His name was Chang Geng, a native of Jiangyou, Han nationality, and a native of Fengxin, Nanchang (now Jiangxi). Forty-three years of Wanli (16 15), held in the township; In the seventh year of Chongzhen (1634), he was appointed as the Oracle of Jiangxi, in the eleventh year he was promoted to Tingzhou, Fujian, and in the fourteenth year (164 1) he was well known in Bozhou, Anhui. After the death of Ming Chengzu, he abandoned his official position and returned to his hometown.
"Heavenly Creations" consists of three volumes and eighteen articles, covering the production technologies of agriculture and handicrafts, such as machinery, bricks, ceramics, sulfur, candles, paper, weapons, gunpowder, textiles, printing and dyeing, salt making, coal mining and oil extraction.
In the book, the author emphasizes that human beings should live in harmony with nature and human resources should cooperate with natural forces. It is the most abundant historical data of science and technology in China. It focuses more on handicrafts and reflects the productive forces of capitalism in China in the late Ming Dynasty.