Article ID: CBB000952279

On the Deficiency of Astronomical Communication between Chinese and Arabic Astronomers: A Case Study of the Astronomical Education in an Observatory of the Yuan Dynasty (2008)

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Based on an analysis of the examination system of Observatory of the Yuan dynasty which is recorded in book seven of the Yuan Mi-shu-jian Zhi (Historical Documents of the Yuan Mi-shu-jian), the present paper deals with the deficiency of astronomical communication between Chinese and Hui-hui (Arabic) astronomers in Observatory of the Yuan dynasty, and comes to the conclusion that although there would be good opportunity of communication between both sides, the Yuan authority had paid little attention to it and, therefore, had not organized very efficient communication activities so that both Chinese and Arabic sections of the observatory had worked independently, without mutual communication.

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Authors & Contributors
Dalen, Benno van
Guo, Jinsong
Wang, Zheran
Roberts, Alexandre M.
Shi Yunli Zhu Haohao
Yang, Shu-hui
Concepts
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
East Asia, civilization and culture
Arab/Islamic world, civilization and culture
Astronomy
Transmission of ideas
Calendars
Time Periods
Medieval
Yuan Dynasty (China, ca. 1260-1368)
Ancient
Song Dynasty (China, 960-1279)
Early modern
Song-Yuan dynasties (China, 960-1368)
Places
China
Greece
Europe
Byzantium
Mongolia
Tibet
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