Yi Xing
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8th-century Buddhist monk and astronomer
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Yi Xing , born Zhang Sui , was a Chinese astronomer, Buddhist monk, inventor, mathematician, mechanical engineer, and philosopher during the Tang dynasty. His astronomical celestial globe featured a liquid-driven escapement, the first in a long tradition of Chinese astronomical clockworks.
