The Quarter-Remainder Canon

Jean-Claude Martzloff ()
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Jean-Claude Martzloff: CNRS, CRCA0 (UMR 8155)

Chapter Chapter 8 in Astronomy and Calendars – The Other Chinese Mathematics, 2016, pp 241-260 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract The Quarter-remainder canon Sifen li (astron. canon)|( —Sifen li—is the official astronomical canon adopted in 85 AD under the Later Han dynasty (25–220). It stands out due to its exceptional longevity (179 years) and its ability to outlast dynastic changes: after the division of China into three kingdoms, Wei (220–265), Shu (221–263) and Wu (222–280), the two first new dynasties still kept it in force until 236 and 263, respectively, rather than reforming their astronomical canons.

Keywords: Moon Phase; Lunar Phasis; Winter Solstice; Exceptional Longevity; Confucian Scholarship (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-49718-0_8

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