How should we treat the achievements of ancient culture represented by the four great inventions

The four inventions have played a huge role in promoting the political, economic and cultural development of ancient China, and have been transmitted to the West through various channels, exerting a huge influence on the history of world civilization.

The Four Great Inventions are a series of glorious footprints left by ancient Chinese ancestors for the world, and a symbol of great contributions to the progress of human civilization.

The invention of papermaking: it provided economic and convenient writing materials for human beings, and set off a revolution in the carrier of human writing; The invention of block printing: it greatly promoted the spread of culture; The invention of the compass:

provided the conditions for the sailing activities of European navigators; The invention of gunpowder**: The use of gunpowder ** changed the way of warfare, helped the European bourgeoisie destroy the feudal fortress, and accelerated the course of European history.

Historical origins. Although many important achievements of Chinese civilization are named after the "Four Greats" and "Five Greats", such as the Four Great Beauties, the Four Classical Classics, and the Four Books and Five Classics, the concept of the Four Great Inventions was adopted by Western scholars and later accepted by the Chinese. As early as 1550, the Italian mathematician Jerome Cardin was the first to point out the "three major inventions" that China had an impact on the world

It's Sinan (compass), printing, and gunpowder.

And considered them "an invention that has no rival in the whole of antiquity." In 1621, the English philosopher Bacon also wrote in his book "New Tools": "The three inventions of movable type printing, gunpowder, and the compass have changed the whole appearance and condition of things in the world."

Engels clearly pointed out in "The German Peasants' War": "A series of inventions have their own greater or lesser significance, among which gunpowder is of glorious historical significance. It has now been established beyond any doubt that gunpowder was transmitted from China to the Arabs through India, and from the Arabs to Europe through Spain, along with gunpowder**.

British sinologist Maddox pointed out: "The inventive genius of the Chinese has long been manifested in many aspects. The three major inventions of the Chinese (nautical compass (Sinan), printing, gunpowder) provided an extraordinary impetus for the development of European civilization. ”

1.The compass: It provides a point for people to travel, facilitates geographical discoveries, and sails around the world.

2.Printing: It has greatly promoted the development of culture, had a huge impact on the course of human civilization, and promoted people's ideological emancipation and social progress.

3.Papermaking: It has ushered in a carrier for cultural inheritance and made an important contribution to the development of world cultural communication and civilian education.

4.Gunpowder: The introduction of gunpowder to Europe promoted the invention of gunpowder in Europe and accelerated the disintegration of the European feudal system.

It has a role in promoting economic development and cultural development, and papermaking and printing have important contributions to the development and promotion of culture.

It played a huge role in promoting the political, economic and cultural development at that time, and also played a good role in the history of the development of world civilization.

The four great inventions of ancient China are very remarkable achievements. Papermaking, movable type printing, compass talk about rock needles and gunpowder. It is recognized in the world as a very remarkable achievement and legacy.

Not only that, in the era of cold weapons, China is also leading in the world in terms of military warfare, military drilling, and some military books and Chinese studies. For example, some of the theories of Guiguzi and Wang Yangming in "The Art of War" are also very remarkable in today's slag-containing society.