Wang, Guangchao (Author)
This paper examines the controversy of the theory of precession during the late Ming and early Quing China. Ancient Chinese astronomy had a theory of precession different from Western astronomy. They distinguished a "celestial revoltuion" from the annual revoltuion" arguing that celestial heavens and the calendrical year are two different things. During the period of late Ming and early Qing, teh Western theory of precession was introduced into China by the Jesuits to explain " annual difference". This led to a violent controversy over the theory of precession between the Jesuit astronomers and some conservative Chinese officials. At the same time, a number of Chinese astrnomers who tried to bridge the differences between Western and Chinese astrnomy took an open-minded attituded towards the theory of precession.
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