Title Granting the Seasons : the Chinese astronomical reform of 1280, with a study of its many dimensions and a translation of its records : Shou shih li cong kao / Nathan Sivin ; with the research collaboration of the late Kiyosi Yabuuti, Yabuuchi Kiyosi, and Shigeru Nakayama, Nakayama Shigeru Granting the Seasons : the Chinese astronomical reform of 1280, with a study of its many dimensions and a translation of its records : 授時暦叢考 / Nathan Sivin ; with the research collaboration of the late Kiyosi Yabuuti 薮内清 and Shigeru Nakayama 中山茂

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Description 1 online resource (664 pages) : illustrations Series Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences Sources and studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences. Contents Introduction -- Astronomical reform and occupation politics -- Orientation -- The project : origins and process -- The astronomers -- The observatory and its instruments -- The records -- Evaluation of the Season-granting system -- Canon of the Season-granting system -- Appendix A: The instruments of Kuo Shou-ching -- Appendix B: The account of conduct of Kuo Shou-ching -- Appendix C: Technical terms Summary China's most sophisticated system of computational astronomy was created for a Mongol emperor who could neither read nor write Chinese, to celebrate victory over China after forty years of devastating war. This book explains how and why, and reconstructs the observatory and the science that made it possible Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 617-649) and index Notes In English, with some terms and proper names in Chinese Print version record Subject Astronomy, Chinese -- History SCIENCE -- Astronomy. Astronomy, Chinese Sterrenkunde. China. Genre/Form History Bronnen (vorm) Form Electronic book Author Yabuuchi, Kiyoshi, 1906-2000. Nakayama, Shigeru, 1928-2014. ISBN 9780387789569 0387789561 9780387789552 0387789553

Other Titles 880-02 Shou shih li cong kao 880-02/$1 授時暦叢考

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