The "craftsman spirit" found in the classics (each book has its own opinion)
Mao Wenjing
In traditional Chinese cultural books, there are many stories of Chinese manufacturing and Chinese craftsmen recorded.
Recently, a book titled "Chinese Craftsmen in Classics" published by the Shanghai Science and Technology Education Publishing House systematically sorts out the scientific and technological civilization contained in Chinese traditional cultural classics. The interesting interpretation is restored into vivid and interesting popular science stories, allowing readers to taste and enjoy the pride and pride of five thousand years of Chinese scientific and technological civilization in the lively and fragrant classical cultural atmosphere, and through labor narration, Spread the traditional Chinese scientific and technological civilization and innovative achievements, and reflect the inheritance of the spirit of craftsmen.
The author of the book "Chinese Craftsmen in Classics" has read hundreds of classics, followed the pictures, entered from the research of today's people, collected bits and pieces of memory, and finally connected Chinese craftsmen into "one piece". From this book, we can See the vivid faces and unique skills of many Chinese craftsmen.
Among the pre-Qin masters, Zhuangzi likes to tell the story of how the craftsman expresses his unique skills, while Mozi simply stands in the position of the craftsman and speaks the truth.
In addition to the orthodox Confucian classics, there are actually a class of professional classics dedicated to technology, which are written in separate volumes, or even collected one volume after another into imperial masterpieces, which have been handed down and become valuable scientific and technological resources in Chinese history.
This kind of classics, there are "Kao Gong Ji" (pre-Qin), and "Tian Gong Kai Wu" (Ming), etc., which can be said to be engineering works, and parallel to this is "Qi Min Yao Shu" (Northern Wei Dynasty) , Wang Zhen's "Nongshu" (Yuan) and other agricultural monographs, as well as other scientific and technological monographs such as medicine, have naturally become important sources of information for some chapters in this book.
Reading through these classics allows us to focus on the great creations of Chinese craftsmen, and the authors of these scientific and technological books are "craftsmen among craftsmen", who are amazing heroes who escaped from the Confucian ranks!
In order to confirm what is contained in the classics, the author also visited and watched on the spot.
This "field" is the museum, memorial or related places of interest around the country.
The manufacture and creation of ancient Chinese craftsmen are still "lived" in museums around the world. Entering the museums to visit, we will definitely have an intuitive impression of the wisdom and hard work of Chinese craftsmen.
"Chinese Craftsmen in Classics" opens up the separation of literature and science, integrates popular science into literature and history, and sees skills and people. It is an introduction to knowledge and a prose work that strives to be more aesthetic.
The whole book is organized by subject rather than time, which is reasonable.
For example, "The Memory of Music and Pottery", which focuses on pottery making and porcelain; "The Age of Copper and Iron", from bronze to iron; "Clothes and Splendid", introduces textile civilization, and so on.
And the first chapter "Hundred Works of Surnames" has the function of leading the whole book.
However, this book is also about the achievements and stories of ancient craftsmen, so it is different from the general history of science and technology. Deeds and characters, whether it is legendary characters such as Emperor Yan and Huang, half-real and half-legendary characters such as Lu Ban, or those real and great characters such as Li Bing, Cai Lun, or those names that are just a flash in the pan, or even some anonymous people, the author. They are devoted to their sincere admiration, exhausted the clues of the classics, painted pictures for them, and restored their achievements and feelings.
Our five-thousand-year-old Chinese civilization has master craftsmen building the progress and pride of our scientific and technological civilization from generation to generation, and provides us with inexhaustible inheritance resources today, giving us the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and striding forward to the world Spiritual confidence and cultural confidence in the center of the stage.