The compass did not effect China the same way it did Europe immediately because they believed in chi (ch-ee). Chi is supposed to be sort of a flowing life force in all things, kinda like the force in star wars. When the Chinese invented the compass they thought of it as a way to see chi and use it. When Europe got the compass they immediately used it as a way to see north, south, etc. Europe also mainly used it for ships on cloudy nights and days. Before the compass sailing season ended in October and started in April because of the cloudiness , but with the compass it mostly ended in December and started in February or January. It took awhile – 1 thousand years – but using the compass as a navigation device did finally get to china.
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