Yinchuan

City · c. 1038 CE · in Central Asia

Capital of Western Xia (1038–1226).

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Around the same time and place

• Movable type (Bi Sheng) (c. 1040 CE): The artisan Bi Sheng invented movable type made of fired clay, as described by Shen Kuo.
• Magnetic compass (c. 1088 CE): Shen Kuo gave the earliest clear description of a magnetic needle compass; by the early 12th century it was recorded in use for navigation at sea.
• Song dynasty (960–1279 CE): Founded by Zhao Kuangyin with its capital at Kaifeng, the Song saw a commercial revolution, paper money and advances in printing and science.
• Jiaozi paper money (1024 CE): The Song government took over the issue of jiaozi banknotes in Sichuan, the first government-issued paper money.
• Imperial examination system (605–1905 CE): The Sui formalised civil service examinations for selecting officials, a system that lasted until its abolition in 1905.
• Travellers among Mountains and Streams (c. 1000 CE): A towering hanging scroll in ink in which a mountain fills the sky above a tiny mule train. Painted by Fan Kuan in the early Song dynasty, it set the pattern for Chinese monumental landscape.
• Shen Kuo (1031 CE – 1095 CE): Chinese polymath and Song dynasty official whose Dream Pool Essays (1088) describe the magnetic compass needle, Bi Sheng’s movable type, and observations in astronomy, geology and mathematics.
• Hanlin Academy (738–1911 CE): Emperor Xuanzong of Tang founded the Hanlin Academy in Chang’an as a body of scholars who drafted imperial documents. Under later dynasties it became an elite institution of top examination graduates, lasting until 1911.

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