崇祯十年春末的一个晚上,夜雨敲窗,分宜县学的教员宿舍里,宋应星就着一盏油灯奋笔疾书——与此前出版的《画音归正》、《原耗》、《野议》、《思怜诗》等书不同的是,眼下这部汇聚农业、手工业生产技术与经验的《天工开物》因其贯穿始终的“实用主义”精神而成为他思想精华之所在,成为一个爱国知识分子向僵化当局发出的一声呐喊。此时的大明王朝,李自成农民起义军在陕西与政府军交锋;清太宗皇太极亲征朝鲜,明朝 Chongzhen one night of the end of the Spring Festival, the night rains hit the window, Fengyi County teachers dormitory, Song Yingxing with an oil lamp Fenshuyushu - and previously published “Harmony”, “the original consumption”, “ Wild Proposals, ”“ Sifan Poems, ”and other books are different now, this gathering of agriculture, handicrafts production technology and experience of“ Heavenly Creations ”because of its throughout the“ pragmatism ”and become the essence of his thought It is the cry of a patriotic intellectual to the rigid authority. At this time the Ming dynasty, Li Zicheng peasant uprising army clashed with the government forces in Shaanxi; Taizong emperor Taiji pro-Korea, the Ming dynasty