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Astronomical Tables and Practices of Philippe de La Hire in Early Modern China (2019)

Li, Liang (Author)

Archives Internationales d'Histoire des Sciences
Volume: 69
Issue: 182-183
Pages: 200-228

URI: https://www.brepolsonline.net/doi/abs/10.1484/J.ARIHS.5.122115

DOI: 10.1484/J.ARIHS.5.122115

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Transmission of ideas Controversies and disputes Tables; catalogs; lists Celestial maps; star catalogs 18th century China La Hire, Philippe de Foucquet, Jean François

This article introduces the French Jesuit Jean-François Foucquet (1665-1741) and his astronomical treatise Lifa wenda (Dialogue on mathematical astronomy) completed in the early eighteenth-century in China. Then the rationale and process of its compilation and the possible references are analyzed. Furthermore, the present study also examines the reasons why Foucquet translated the astronomical tables of Philippe de La Hire (1640-1718), a French astronomer, and attempted to replace the outdated Tychonic tables with such tables. In addition, an explication is given to a case for the practices of La Hire’s planetary tables and the adoption of the corresponding template table in Foucquet’s works. More significantly, this paper discusses the controversy on the acceptance of La Hire’s tables in China, to which Foucquet contributed much, as well as the impact of La Hire on Foucquet.

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