The study of the Chinese contributions to geology and mineralogy labours under the great difficulty that there exists as yet no monograph on the subject either in Chinese or a Western language-in other words the basic work has not yet been done. In the course of a general survey such as· this it is naturally impossible to do it, and we must therefore be content with what can only be a rough first approximation. Moreover, geology and mmeralogy are largely modern, post-Renaissance, sciences. (查看原文)
If we look through the section of the Thu Shu Chi Clzlzeng（《图书集成》） Just mentioned, we have no difficulty in finding many scenes of geological interest. Fig. 255 shows an example of the rejuvenation of a valley, the previously stabilised floor having been cut sharply through by new river erosion, forming sharp river terraces. Another effect of water is seen in the superficial deposit of water-rounded boulders (Fig. 256), whIch the artist however has strewn rather too freely in unlikely positions. In Fig. 257 we have a plarlorm of marine denudation with a wave-cut arch; following this level to the right the eye detects further relics of the same platform. The manner of representing the crags on the right at the top is a conventional one,seen in many such pictures, an.d perhaps related to cal... (查看原文)
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