1st Edition
The Chinese Astronomical Bureau, 1620–1850 Lineages, Bureaucracy and Technical Expertise
By Ping-Ying Chang
Copyright 2023
244 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
244 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
244 Pages
17 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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.
Utilising archival material, such as the résumés written for imperial audiences and personnel administration records, the... Read more
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
Biography
Ping-Ying Chang is Adjunct Assistant Professor of mathematics at the National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan, where she teaches courses on the history of mathematics and mathematical thinking in fictions and films.
