Origin of the term “geology” in China

In China, the word “geology” first appears in the Book of Zhouyi Zhu· Kun by Wang Bi (226-249) from Wei during the Three Kingdoms period, but its meaning falls in the category of philosophy and is quite different from that of “geology” in modern sciences. As far as is known, the word “geology” with the meaning of modern geological science first appears in DiLi Quanzhi published in 1853 (the third year of the reign of Xianfeng Emperor in the Qing Dynasty).