Translating Ancient Chinese Calendars
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4144769 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Christopher Cullen (0000-0003-1369-5529, Cancer Research UK, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 131 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 605-612 |
| Publication date | 2010-06-28 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revue de Synthèse (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0035-1776 • E-ISSN: 1955-2343 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s11873-010-0136-x |
| PMID | 21222072 |
| OpenAlex | W2000334261 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
exception 2 . The days are now past when Needham's omission made it diffi cult for the non- sinologue reader to gain a basic understanding of the methods used in China over the centuries to calculate the motions of the sun, moon and planets. A large amount of scholarship in western languages has been published in recent decades in both monograph and periodical form, and although no single student is likely to fithat any one of these publications meets his or her particular needs entirely, the situation is much better than it once was. My aim in this review is to give the reader a brief glance at four recent publica- tions in this fi eld that have a certain degree of connection with each other, and which might (for readers with the necessary linguistic ability) be consulted together. I begin with the work of Nathan Sivin Granting the Seasons : the Chinese Astronomical Reform of 1280, and indeed devote most attention to it, since I think it not only leads
Ancient history · Archaeology · China · Cult · Linguistics · Political science · Scholarship · Chinese history and philosophy · Classics · Historical Astronomy and Related Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |