Western Michigan University ScholarWorks at WMU Master's Theses Graduate College 4-2005 A Preliminary Study of the Kaogong Ji (The Book of Artificers) Hanmo Zhang Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses Part of the History Commons Recommended Citation Zhang, Hanmo, "A Preliminary Study of the Kaogong Ji (The Book of Artificers)" (2005). Master's Theses. 4193. https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/4193 This Masters Thesis-Open Access is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate College at ScholarWorks at WMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Master's Theses by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks at WMU. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE KAOGONGJI (THE BOOK OF ARTIFICERS) by HanmoZhang A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of The Graduate College in partial fulfillmentof the requirements forthe Degree of Master of Arts Department of History ' WesternMichigan University Kalamazoo, Michigan April 2005 Copyright by Hanmo Zhang 2005 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I would like to begin by thanking Dr. Victor C. Xiong, who introduced me to the fieldof pre-modem Chinese history and guided me through the whole process of this program. Thanks to his suggestion, I began the research of the Kaogongji soon after I enrolled in the program and have been constantly under his direction fromthen on. Without his guidance and encouragement, this project would not have been possible. I would like to thank Dr. Timothy Light for his solid support in my study and generous help in many other things. His deep insight and broad knowledge always brought inspiration, not only in this project, but also in the study of my fieldas a whole.