"Su Song (simplified Chinese: \u82CF\u9882; traditional Chinese: \u8607\u980C; pinyin: S\u016B S\u00F2ng; courtesy name: Zirong \u5B50\u5BB9) (1020\u20131101 AD) was a renowned Han Chinese polymath who was described as a scientist, mathematician, statesman, astronomer, cartographer, horologist, medical doctor, pharmacologist, mineralogist, zoologist, botanist, mechanical and architectural engineer, poet, antiquarian, and ambassador of the Song Dynasty (960\u20131279).Su Song was the engineer of a hydro-mechanical astronomical clock tower in medieval Kaifeng, which employed the use of an early escapement mechanism. "@en . "1020Z"^^ . "\u5B50\u5BB9 (Zir\u00F3ng)"@en . . "Su Song"@en . . "1101Z"^^ . . "11th-century Chinesepolymath" . . . . "\u8607\u980C (S\u016B S\u00F2ng)"@en . .