Brush Talks From Dream Brook: (2 Vol.s)

Chinese Title: 大中华文库—梦溪笔谈（全二册）
Title: Brush Talks From Dream Brook（2 Vols.）
Edition: Chinese-English
Author: (Song)Shen Kuo;Translators: Hu Daojing etc.
Publishing Date: 2008-01
Publishing House: Sichuan People's Publishing House
ISBN: 9787220077418
Format: 16mo
Cover: Hardcover
Page: 1065pp
Spec: 240*160mm


Introduction：
Brush Talks From Dream Brook was an extensive book written by the polymath Chinese scientist and statesman Shen Kuo (1031-1095) by 1088 AD, during the Song Dynasty (960-1279) of China. Although Shen was previously a highly renowned government official and military general, he compiled this enormous written work while virtually isolated on his lavish garden estate near modern-day Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province. He named the book after the name he gave to his estate, the "Dream Brook". The literal translated meaning is Brush Talks from a Dream Brook, and in his biography in the Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990), Shen Kuo is quoted as saying “Because I had only my writing brush and ink slab to converse with, I call it Brush Talks.”