Culture and Technology
汉朝的文化与科技
Just as a new class of gentry was introduced，education became more important during this period.
随着新贵族阶级的兴起，教育在这个时期变得越发重要。
Many encyclopedias were compiled, the best known is the Book of the Mountains and Seas (山海经），
许多百科全书编著与此时期，其中最著名的是《山海经》，
which contained everything known at the time about geography, natural philosophy, the animal and plant world, and popular myths.
它包含了那个时候人们所知道的所有地理知识、自然哲学、动植物世界和流行的神话。
The Han period produced China’s most famous historian，Sima Qian (司马迁）whose Records of the Grand Historian (史记） provides a detailed chronicle from the time of legendary Xia emperor to that of the Emperor Wu.
汉代出现了中国最著名的一位史学家，他就是司马迁，其所著的《史记》提供了从传说中的夏朝君主到汉武帝时的详细编年史。

Technological advances also marked this period.One of the great Chinese inventions， paper (造纸术），originate from Han times.
这个时期的科学技术也高度发展。中国最重要的发明之一——造纸术，就始于汉朝。