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From ancient times to the Western Zhou Dynasty (ancient times ~ 771 B.C.), Fuxi drew divination, Cangjie(仓颉) made Chinese characters, with divination based on clear numbers and Chinese characters on pictography, as the beginning of civilization. Image science and technology in China also gradually sprouted during this period.
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“Zuozhuan ·The Third Year under Xuangong “: “Therefore, when entering mountain forests, people will not meet things which are harmful to them and that they will neither be afraid of anything nor encounter evils, hence enjoying harmony between man and nature with blessings from the heaven.”
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“Zuozhuan ·The Third Year under Xuangong”: “The virtue rendered to people is restricted by time-limit. King Cheng set nine tripods at Jia'an, indicating the inheritage of 30 generation of 700-year prosperity as the result of practicing divination. This is the order from the heaven. Despite the declining virtue of the Zhou Dynasty, its fate remained unchanged. The weight of tripods cannot be questioned.”
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“Rites of the Zhou Dynasty · On the Examination of Handi-craftsmanship”: “The earthen sundial, about 50 cm, is used to measure the sun-shadow and land”.
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Han, C. (2021). The Embryonic Stage of Image Science and Technology. In: A Brief History of Image Science and Technology in China. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6922-1_1
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