Tiangong Kaiwu

  • The Four Pillars of Ming Science [Ming]

    The Herbalist’s Legacy In ancient China, the term “scientist” did not exist, yet this did not mean science was absent. During the late Ming Dynasty, four great figures emerged, comparable to any in the world at the time. While the “Four Masters of Painting” (Shen Zhou, Wen Zhengming, Tang Yin, and Qiu Ying) were…