本套书以“科普图画书”的形式,详尽地介绍中国古代在科学发现、技术发明、工程建设等方面的成就,共分为两辑。如果说第一辑的“四大发明”是比较独立具体地介绍某一项技术发明,那么第二辑则是比较全面系统地介绍了我国古代在某一技术领域的技术成果,主要包括《中国古代纺织术(汉英)》《中国古代农耕术(汉英)》《中国古代营造术(汉英)》《中国古代制瓷术(汉英)》。In the form of a “popular science picture book”, this set of books introduces in detail ancient China’s achievements in scientific discoveries, technological inventions, and engineering constructions. If the “Four Great Inventions” in the first volume gave a relatively independent and detailed introduction to a technological invention, the second volume introduces the achievements of ancient China in a technical field in a comprehensive and systematic manner. These include farming, textile, porcelain and construction techniques.