Tag: Chinese History
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‘A bird in flight’: A Note on the Ancient Origins of Kites
Verity Limond retraces the invention and uses of kites, from ancient China to today.
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An Lushan and the Fall of China’s Golden Age
Written by Kat Jivkova. The Tang period witnessed an incredible cultural blossoming amidst the pre-modern imperial magnificence, but what proved to be the cause of smouldering away?
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Fangcheng Procedure in the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Arts Revisited
Written by Kat Jivkova. Some historiography has often made a division between Western and non-Western mathematics. Yet, Suanshu’s Nine Chapters suggest so-called “Western” mathematics may owe a greater debt to ideas developed in China.
Retrospect Journal 