The Four Great Inventions

This was one of the first episodes ever presented back in 2010. And it has stood the test of time, still as popular as ever. I hope you'll enjoy this romp through Chinese history through the lens of some of the great inventions and innovations. Besides the Four Great Inventions 四大发明 of the compass, paper, printing, and gunpowder, we'll look at many other great discoveries. Lord Francis Bacon hailed these Four Great Inventions as "having done more than anything else to transform the modern world completely and mark it off from antiquity and the Middle Ages. Thank you for listening.