 Preliminary ObservationsJean-Claude Martzloff ()
Chapter Chapter 1 in Astronomy and Calendars – The Other Chinese Mathematics, 2016, pp 3-59 from Springer Abstract: Abstract So far, research into the Chinese calendar has mostly been undertaken by two independent families of historians: social sciences historians and historically-minded astronomers. The former have essentially focused their efforts on non-technical primary sources, often retrieved from archaeological excavations, and by using approaches typical of historical research: textual criticism, philology, chronology, social and intellectual history, notably. They have thus described the material aspect and the content of extant calendars, analyzed their cultural background, including their religious aspects, and tracked their modifications over long historical periods, taken advantage of their findings in order to solve difficult chronological puzzles, such as the dating of fragmentary manuscript calendars bearing no explicit indication of year. Despite the wide-ranging scope of their research, their attention to the smallest details and their interest in all sorts of issues raised by the history of the calendar, however, these historians have not often integrated calendrical calculations into their investigations. Keywords: Preliminary Observation; Ming Dynasty; Tang Dynasty; Winter Solstice; Yuan Dynasty (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-662-49718-0_1 Ordering information: This item can be ordered from DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-49718-0_1 Access Statistics for this chapter More chapters in Springer Books from Springer |
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