Geography & the Environment
The Truth of Chinese Heaven Theory
by Jiang Xiaoyuan
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The Truth of Chinese Heaven Theory re-examines the nature and the function of astronomy and the calendar in ancient China by placing it in a rich cultural context. The author focuses on the observation and explanation of astronomic phenomena in ancient China, and explains their important political and social functions. The essence of Chinese astronomy is to read Heaven and thus to provide the basic consultations on solving social problems and to serve the imperial power.
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Author Biography
Jiang Xiaoyuan is a Distinguished Visiting Professor and PHD Candidate Supervisor at Shanghai Jiaotong University. He currently serves as the head of the History of Science and Scientific Culture Research Institute, and he was the Deputy Director of Chinese Society for the History of Science and Technology History. Jiang is an Astrophysics graduate of Nanjing University, and was the first PHD on the History of Astrophysics when he graduated from the Natural Science Research Institute of Chinese Academy of Science in 1988. Jiang worked at Shanghai Observatory at Chinese Academy of Science for 15 years before he was promoted as a researcher.
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- Publisher Yilin Press
- Publication Date March 2011
- Orginal LanguageChinese complex
- ISBN/Identifier 9787538280487
- Publication Country or regionChina
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
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