Shen Kuo(沈括) was a scientist of the Northern Song Dynasty. He was all-round scholar of astronomy, physics, chemistry, geology and medical science. , Shen Kuo's reputation has been mostly in the field of scientific writing: he was the first (build) graphic maps.
Thanks his mother, Shen Kuo received a formal education in his childhood. He was diligent and he read so much that he suffered eye pain later in life. While in his (thirty), Shen Kuo frequently dreamed of a place. In the dream, he climbed a hill, the top of was covered with brightly colored flowers and trees. Clear waters (flow) at the base of the hill, with trees on either side. Later on, when (travel) around, he was shocked to find a piece of land that was (exact) the one in his dream. There he settled and wrote of the discoveries he had made in his lifetime.
This extraordinary story is the origin of Shen's the Dream Rivulet Diary(《梦溪笔谈》) . The Dream Rivulet Diary was a milestone in the history of Chinese science. So far, this amazing scientific work (put) into a number of different languages, including English, French, German and Japanese.
