Tiangong Kaiwu (The Exploitation of the Works of Nature)

A Ming encyclopedia of farming and industry that nearly vanished in China and survived through Japan.

Made by

Song Yingxing (1587–c. 1666)

Date

1637

Held by

National Library of China (digitized by the Library of Congress)

Medium

Woodblock-printed book

Plates

1

Image credits

• Plate 1: Library of Congress (digitized from the National Library of China copy). License: Public domain. Source page ↗