Article ID: CBB000933524

A Study on the Performance of the Northern Song Government's Managing Astronomical Activities by Analyzing Fengyuan Li Reform (2008)

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Dong, Yuyu (Author)


Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu (Studies in the History of Natural Sciences)
Volume: 27
Pages: 203--212


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

Abstract Fengyuan Li, which Shen Kuo and Wei Pu made, was a calendar promulgated by the Northern Song Government. The activity of making calendar was carried out during the Xining reform. By a study on the astronomical activity of making calendar from the combination of the political, social, cultural, technical factors and Shen kuo's personal forte dimensions, this article attempts to analyze what the Northern Song Government agencies did. The calendar reform was not only a scientific activity, but also a political event of the state. Under support of the state, the innovation of managerial systems and due to the regular rules of technical management established by the government, progress was made by the government activities. The development of astronomy was, however, held back by bureaucratic obstructionism.

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Authors & Contributors
Tang, Quan
Sun, Xiaochun
Qu, Anjing
Shi, Yunli
Guo, Jinsong
Parpola, Asko
Concepts
Astronomy
East Asia, civilization and culture
Calendars
Solar eclipse
Science and government
Science and politics
Time Periods
Ancient
Song Dynasty (China, 960-1279)
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Yuan Dynasty (China, ca. 1260-1368)
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
Medieval
Places
China
India
Greece
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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