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| Type | "Little Knowledge of Physics" consists of twelve volumes and is the work of Fang Yizhi. |
"Little Knowledge of Physics" is a twelve volume compilation of treatises by the former Chinese politician turned polymath monk and scientist Fang Yizhi published in the 17th-century of the the late Ming and Qing Dynasty.
Overview
edit"Little Knowledge of Physics" collects some physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, philosophy, art and other works before the Ming Dynasty, including Zhang Hua's "Natural History", Zan Ning's "Physics of Things", Wang Xuan's "Institute of Physics". The first draft was completed in Guiwei, Chongzhen (1643). At this time, Li Zicheng's army captured Beijing, and Fang Yizhi hurriedly escaped from Beijing without having time to revise it. The book was originally appended to "Tongya" and was edited by the second son Fang Zhongtong and Yizhi's student Jiexuan.
Organization
editThe content of "Little Knowledge of Physics" is divided into fifteen categories, namely "Celestial Category", "Calendar Category", "Wind, Thunder, Rain and Electricity Category", "Earth Category", "Horoscope Category", "Human Body Category", and "Medicine Category", covering the topics of food and drink, clothes, gold and stones, utensils, slants and trees, birds and beasts, ghosts and magic arts and abnormalities. Today there is a copy of Wanping's engraving in Zaolu Mausoleum in the third year of Kangxi's reign (1664).