What kind of person is Shen Kuo?

Shen Kuo, a native of Qiantang, Hangzhou, 1 1 century's great scientist. This is what people call him today. At that time, there was no such name as "scientist", so we can call him a scholar-bureaucrat with Jinshi background. He is so knowledgeable that he might as well be called a general scholar.

In August of the sixth year of Xining in the Northern Song Dynasty (1073), floods occurred frequently in Zhejiang and Zhejiang. On the recommendation of Wang Anshi, Song Shenzong ordered Shen Kuo to go to Zhejiang to inspect farmland water conservancy, officers and other matters. After more than half a year, Shen Kuo visited Zhejiang and traveled all over Zhejiang.

I guess, starting from Kaifeng, the capital of Shen Kuo, you must go south along the Grand Canal and reach Hangzhou. Inland navigation at that time was more comfortable and convenient than land travel.

He left Hangzhou for Wenzhou and Taizhou. On this trip, he passed through Jinhua and Lishui and arrived in Wenzhou and Taiwan Province. From Hangzhou to Jinhua, it is theoretically possible to go by water, but because there is no evidence, we can only doubt it. But I can say for sure that Jinhua to Wenzhou and Shen Kuo are all by land, and it takes many days to stop and go along the way.

This journey passes through Jinyun County along the way. The Xiandu Mountain in Jinyun County is full of tourists, leaving a lot of cliff questions. Shen Kuo came to Xianshui Cave and inscribed "Shen Kuo was ordered here" on the cliff. The appointment shows that he is an imperial envoy with a mission, not an ordinary tourist.