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被世界著名科技史专家李约瑟博士赞为“中国的狄德罗”的宋应星(1587—1664),是明朝末年著名的科学家。他出身没落官宦家庭。29岁乡试中举后,连续6次进京会试,结果次次名落孙山,于是对功名完全丧失了信心。然而多次科考的长途跋涉,走南闯北,使他开阔了视野,考察了社会,积累了大量的知识。那时,中国已经出现资本主义萌芽。宋应星的故乡江西鱼米富饶,矿产丰盛,以景德镇瓷业为代表的手工业已十分发达。这就促使
Song Yingxing (1587-1664), praised by Dr. Joseph Needham, a world famous scientist of science and technology as “Diderot of China”, is a famous scientist in the late Ming Dynasty. He was born in an official family. At the age of 29, he took part in the Beijing Municipal Assembly six times in a row after the census, and the result was second place to Sun Yat-sen. So he completely lost his confidence in the fame. However, several expedition long journey, go south, let him broaden their horizons, inspected the community, accumulated a lot of knowledge. At that time, China had emerged the seeds of capitalism. Song Yingxing’s hometown Jiangxi fish rich in rice, rich in minerals, Jingdezhen porcelain industry represented by the handicrafts has been very well developed. This prompted