Sung Dynasty

Tu-ku T ao. [Tan fang chien tuan], A Sung dynasty alchemical treatise "Outline of alchemical prescriptions". .. translated from the Chinese by Fung Chia-Loh and H. B. Collier. J West China Border Res Soc 9 (1937) 199-209. 

As far as we know, the oldest recording of a stellar explosion (at least, this is the way it is usually interpreted) was engraved on an animal bone by someone in China in 1300 bc On the seventh day of the month, a great new star appeared in the company of Antares. The Sung Dynasty may proudly claim to have recorded three supernovas in its celestial registers, dating to ad 1006, 1054 (a famous event) and 1181. 

Tung Fu of Sung Dynasty invented fire arrow , fire ball and fire dart rocket ... 

Note In the book of Dutton (Ref 58, p 5), it is stated that during Sung Dynasty (960-1280) some unknown man described the invention of To-io-tsi-ang which consisted of a long bamboo tube in which a handful of explosive similar to... 

The Sung Dynasty (960 - 1280 A.D.) was one link in a chain of imperial dynasties throughout the history of China. At the time of the manufacture of the coins used in this study, established practice dictated that the coins be cast in clay molds, in a traditional manner that was already nearly one thousand years old. Thus, the coins analyzed in this study are all round, with a square hole in the center, have four characters on one side and none on the other, and are said to be of copper, bronze, or brass (/, 2). The characters on such coins are read from top... 

At the end of the T ang Dynasty and in the Sung Dynasty, interest in Chinese archaeology began in China (5). Great numbers of vessels were made as reproductions or archaistic imitations of early bronzes some of them were actually fakes or forgeries (6, 7). Even today reproductions of ancient vessels are being cast in the People s Republic of China and on Taiwan (8). 

Fenugreek was first introduced into Chinese medicine in the Sung Dynasty (ca. 1057) and has since been used as a nutrient and in treating kidney ailments, beriberi, hernia, impotence, other male problems, and others. Both unroasted and roasted (fried and sprayed with salt water) seeds are used. 

The use of musk in cosmetics (e.g., fragrance and perfumes) dates back to at least 1300 years when it was widely used during the Tang and Sung dynasties (nanjing). 

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