Person1031–1095
Shen Kuo
Chinese polymath and official of the Northern Song. A supporter of Wang Anshi's reforms, he served as head of the Bureau of Astronomy and as a finance official; his Dream Pool Essays (about 1088) describe, among much else, the magnetic needle compass and magnetic declination and preserve the only account of Bi Sheng's movable type.
- Dates
- 1031 – 1095
- Events
- 1 event
- Regions
- East Asia
- In the threads
- East Asia (11th–12th c.)
Events
- Wang Anshi’s New Policies26 February 1069 – 16 September 1086 · East Asia