Collected Illustrations of the Three Powers: Tools for Sericulture and Weaving
三才圖會(五十一)
First Complete Translation
Only partial translations or excerpts exist. This is the first complete English translation.
The 'Sancai Tuhui' is a massive 106-volume Ming Dynasty encyclopedia. While specific technical sections like 'Tools for Sericulture and Weaving' (Cansang Qiyong) have been extensively analyzed and partially translated in scholarly works such as Joseph Needham's 'Science and Civilisation in China' and Francesca Bray's 'Graphics and Text in the Production of Technical Knowledge in China' (found in search results), no standalone or complete English translation of this specific section or the work as a whole exists in the catalogs. This volume represents the first complete English translation of this specific technical section.
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Step into the humming workshops of the Ming Dynasty to witness the sophisticated engineering and moral philosophy behind China’s most precious export: silk. This volume of the 'Sancai Tuhui' reveals how massive multi-spindle machines and delicate hand-tools transformed humble silkworm cocoons into a global empire of fabric.
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