Compass On what grounds was the compass reference by Li Shu hua removed The newer research does not contradict Li Shu hua s observation In fact it stresses his point since the wording demonstartes that the passage does NOT contain a reference to a magnet However it should be pointed out that in the Louen heng text on which Tchang Yin lin and Wang Tchen touo based their hypothesis there is no explicit mention of a magnet Li Shu hua Origine de la Boussole 11 Aimant et Boussole Isis Vol 45 No 2 1954 pp 175 196 180 Original text 180 On peut remarquer que dans le texte du Louen heng il n y a pas de mention explicite d aimant Pour arriver au r sultat ci dessus indiqu on est oblige de poser quelques hypotheses Twas not I who removed this Anpersonalaccount maybe In any case I remember restoring a citation from him in the picture caption to the right Hey Gun Powder Ma how could a word like magnet appeared over in the ancient texts by the way The word magnet which according to this article came from Greek word magnesian stone Perhaps he means the Chinese word i e for magnet In any case we should not expect Wang Chong to have truly understood what magnetism was he simply described the effects of the geomancy ladle and bowl Well we shall look out sources on this Hey I just added and replaced the old source with a better ones Lol