Keywords:
Astronomy, Chinese-History.
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Electronic books.
Description / Table of Contents:
This book offers a new insight into one of the most interesting and long-lived institutions known to historians of science, the Chinese imperial Astronomical Bureau, which for two millennia observed, recorded, interpreted and predicted the movements of the celestial bodies.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
Pages:
1 online resource (276 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781000728224
Series Statement:
Needham Research Institute Series
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/geomar/detail.action?docID=7072746
DDC:
520.951
Language:
English
Note:
Intro -- List of Tables -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Reign Titles of the Qing Emperors (1644-1911) -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Organization of the Qing Astronomical Bureau -- 3 From the Old Method to the New Method -- 4 Kangxi Calendar Dispute -- 5 Emperors and the He Brothers -- 6 The Solar Eclipse of 1730 -- 7 Knowledge Reproduction -- 8 Maintaining a Familial Career -- 9 The Decline of Missionary Influence and the Nineteenth-Century Reforms of the Astronomical Bureau -- 10 Conclusion -- Appendix A Reconstructed Family Tree of the Baos 204 -- Appendix B The Ge Family -- Appendix C The He Family -- Appendix D The Zhou Family -- Appendix E The Huang Family -- Appendix F The Si Family -- Appendix G Register of Metropolitan Officials According to the Shunzhi Imperial Screen -- Appendix H Units Used in the Qing Era -- Index.
