Article ID: CBB000933512

Position of the Sun in Ancient Chinese Records of Solar Eclipses (2008)

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Ma, Liping (Author)


Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu (Studies in the History of Natural Sciences)
Volume: 27
Pages: 39--58


Publication Date: 2008
Edition Details: [Translated title.] In Chinese.
Language: Chinese

Abstract The measurements of solar positions in solar eclipse records in ancient China are analyzed. Such records in official historical documents are mainly found in those of Western Han, Eastern Han, Tang, Song and Qing dynasties. The solar positions in these records were obviously calculated beforehand or afterworlds. Some local chronicles of the Ming and the Qing dynasties traced back the past ones, but most of their real-time records are erroneous. An analysis by modern computation shows that the records of the Han Dynasties were computed according to uniform solar motion, while for those of the Tang Dynasty, an annual correction was added. The origins of records of the Western Han, Eastern Han and Tang dynasties are discussed by comparing with results calculated according to ancient calendars.

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Authors & Contributors
Tang, Quan
Qu, Anjing
Han, Jishao
Goldschmidt, Asaf
Zou, Dahai
Yuan, Min
Concepts
East Asia, civilization and culture
Astronomy
Medicine
Calendars
Solar eclipse
Medicine, Chinese traditional
Time Periods
Ancient
Song Dynasty (China, 960-1279)
Han dynasty (China, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.)
Tang dynasty (China, 618-907)
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Medieval
Places
China
Greece
India
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