Jan 20, 2014 · Sometime around 1023 to 957 BC, Yan Shi presented a marvelous invention before the fifth king of the Chinese Zhou Dynasty, King Mu. Yen Shi had created a life-sized automaton which was able to move and preform several impressive functions.

In the 3rd century BC text of the Liezi, there is a curious account on automata involving a much earlier encounter between Mu of Zhou and a mechanical engineer known as Yan Shi, an 'artificer'. The latter proudly presented the king with a life-size, human-shaped figure of …

Jun 4, 2016 · When the next day arrived, Yen Shih came before King Mu again. This time, however, he had another man accompanying him. When asked who he was, Yen Shih replied that he had the handiwork he had promised to show the king. He added that this automaton could sing and act, which left the king astonished.

Jul 25, 2023 · In the Liezi, there is a description of a much earlier meeting between King Mu of Zhou Dynasty (1023-957 BC) and a mechanical engineer, known as Yen Shi, called the artificer. Yan Shi proudly presented the King with a life-size, human-shaped figure of …

Hsio-yen Shih (1933–2001) was a Chinese-born Canadian art historian who specialized in early Chinese and Japanese paintings, as well as ancient Chinese pottery and bronzeware. She was director of the National Gallery of Canada from 1977 to 1981.

Jun 16, 2024 · Yen-shih’s automata walked, raised their heads and lowered them, posed their limbs like real men. When touched they sang at that moment, and they were quite in tune. Taking them by the hand...

Aug 14, 2014 · E) Yen Shih’s robot. This artificial man could sing, dance and wink (really!) at the royal concubines. 1000 BC. F) Wooden ‘immortal’ that caused droughts by pointing its finger: associated with the fifth or sixth century B.C.

Yen Shi Kwan was born in 1947. He is an actor and martial artist known for his work on Once Upon a Time in China (1991), Vengeance! (1970) and Iron Monkey (1993).

1. (also yen chee, yen she, yen tshi, yin she) opium residue; also attrib.; thus yen-shee hop, the box used to hold opium ashes; sold to impoverished users, yen-shee gow, an implement to clean out an opium pipe.