中英雙語話史記 第54期:漢朝的文化與科技

Culture and Technology

漢朝的文化與科技

Just as a new class of gentry was introduced，education became more important during this period.

隨着新貴族階級的興起，教育在這個時期變得越發重要。

Many encyclopedias were compiled, the best known is the Book of the Mountains and Seas (山海經），

許多百科全書編著與此時期，其中最著名的是《山海經》，

which contained everything known at the time about geography, natural philosophy, the animal and plant world, and popular myths.

它包含了那個時候人們所知道的所有地理知識、自然哲學、動植物世界和流行的神話。

The Han period produced China’s most famous historian，Sima Qian (司馬遷）whose Records of the Grand Historian (史記） provides a detailed chronicle from the time of legendary Xia emperor to that of the Emperor Wu.

漢代出現了中國最著名的一位史學家，他就是司馬遷，其所著的《史記》提供了從傳說中的夏朝君主到漢武帝時的詳細編年史。

Technological advances also marked this of the great Chinese inventions， paper (造紙術），originate from Han times.

這個時期的科學技術也高度發展。中國最重要的發明之一——造紙術，就始於漢朝。