Isis Current Bibliography 2006, Vol. 97 - History of Science Society

On the understanding of various parameters involving
sunrise, sunset, and equinoxes in this ancient Chinese
astronomical-mathematical text.
766. CHEN Jiujin. “The Scientific Significance for
Discovering the Phase and the Date of Calendar on
the Wu Lai Tripod Cauldron.” [Translated title.] In
Chinese. Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu 22 (2003): 368–373.
767. DENG Kehui. “A Primary Inquiry into Seki
Takakazu’s Miscellaneous Memoranda on Astronomy
and Mathematics.” [Translated title.] In Chinese.
Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu 23 (2004): 38–49.
768. DONG Yuyu and GUAN Zengjian. “A Preliminary
Discourse on the Management of Astronomical
Documents in the Song Dynasty.” [Translated title.]
In Chinese. Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu 23 (2004):
345–355.
On the role of government in preserving astronomical documents.
769. GUAN Zengjian. “Wang Chong’s Understanding
of the Comparative Size of the Heavens and the
Earth.” [Translated title.] In Chinese. Ziran Kexueshi
Yanjiu 23 (2004): 81–84.
770. HIRAOKA Ryuji. “Jesuit Cosmological Textbook
in ‘the Christian Century’ Japan: De sphaera of
Pedro Gomez (Part I).” Sciamvs 6 (2005): 99–175.
771. IANNACCONE, Isaia. “Documents relatifs à
l’histoire de l’astronomie chinoise et aux rapports
scientifiques entre l’Europe et la Chine (XVII e -XIX e
siècles) conservés à la Bibliothèque de l’Observatoire
de Paris. Deuxième Partie.” Nuncius 20 (2005): 371–
399.
An inventory of documents including letters, papers, and
notes of various Jesuit scientist missionaries.
772. JI Yongliang. “Circumference Division System
and Its Historical Effect in the Jiuzhi Calendar.”
[Translated title.] In Chinese. Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu
25 (2006): 122–130.
773. LU Ling-feng and SHI Yun-li. “Accuracy of
Solar Eclipse Predictions Made in the Qing Dynasty.”
[Translated title.] In Chinese. Zhongguo Keji Shiliao
24 (2003): 283–290.
774. MA Liping. “Local Records of Solar Eclipse
in the Qing Dynasty.” [Translated title.] In Chinese.
Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu 23 (2004): 121–131.
775. NING Xiaoyu. “The Methods of Ascertaining
the Direction of Eclipse in the Late-Ming and Early-
Qing Dynasties.” [Translated title.] In Chinese. Ziran
Kexueshi Yanjiu 23 (2004): 25–37.
776. NUI Weixing. “On the Brahmahoranavagraha
as well as Its Date and Authorship.” [Translated
title.] In Chinese. Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu 24 (2005):
319–329.
777. QU Anjing. “Algorithm for the Transformation
of Coordinates between Equator and Lunar Orbit in
the Shoushi Li.” [Translated title.] In Chinese. Ziran
Kexueshi Yanjiu 22 (2003): 336–350.
778. QU Anjing. “Planetary Theory in Ancient
China.” [Translated title.] In Chinese. Ziran Kexueshi
Yanjiu 25 (2006): 1–17.
779. SHI Yun-li. “The Calculation of the Equation
of Center in the Lixiang Kaocheng Houbian and the
Accuracy of the Theory of the Sun: In Memory of
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Professor Bo Shuren.” [Translated title.] In Chinese.
Zhongguo Keji Shiliao 24 (2003): 132–146.
Yuzhi Lixiang Kaocheng is the Compendium of Calendrical
Science and Astronomy compiled from 1725 to 1742.
780. SHI Yunli and WANG Miao. “Xing Yunlu’s
Determination of the Length of the Tropical Year
Revisited.” [Translated title.] In Chinese. Ziran
Kexueshi Yanjiu 22 (2003): 128–144.
781. SUN Xiaochun. “Ancient Chinese Calendars in
the Mathematical Perspective: An Essay Review of
Qu Anjing’s The Chinese Calendar and Mathematics.”
Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu 24 (2005): 83–89.
Essay review of QU Anjing, Zhongguo li fa yu shu xue
(2005).
782. SUN Xiaochun. “Discourses on Celestial
Omens and Disastrous Occurrences in the Political
Context of the Northern Song.” [Translated title.] In
Chinese. Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu 23 (2004): 218–231.
783. TANG Quan. “The Arithmetic of Solar-Eclipse-
Magnitude in Ancient China.” [Translated title.] In
Chinese. Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu 24 (2005): 29–44.
784. TANG Quan and WAN Yingqiu. “Achievements
Made by the Famous Tibetan Scientist Sangjiejiacuo.”
[Translated title.] In Chinese. Chinese J. Hist. Sci.
Tech. 26 (2005): 340–348.
On the political life of the 17th-century figure Sangye Gyatso
and his achievements in mathematical astronomy and
medicine.
785. TAO Peipei. “Study on the Huihui Lifa Collected
by Nanjing Library.” [Translated title.] In
Chinese. Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu 22 (2003): 117–127.
This version of the text has ten astronomical tables which are
absent in other versions of the Mingshi system. (from the
abstract)
786. WEI Bing. “A Study on the Star-Map of Prajvalonisa
Vjrabhairava Padvinasa-sri-dharani Printed
in A. D. 972 Recently Found in Japan with a Discussion
on the Spread of Zodiac in the Song-Liao Tangut
Area.” [Translated title.] In Chinese. Ziran Kexueshi
Yanjiu 24 (2005): 214–221.
787. XING Gang and SUI Yun-Li. “A Few Supplementary
Decipherments of the Fragmented Almanacs
Collected in the Hanjian Lipu.” [Translated title.] In
Chinese. Zhongguo Keji Shiliao 25 (2004): 250–261.
On fragments of calendrical astronomical texts from the Han
dynasty.
788. XU Fengxian. “The Cyclic Sacrificial System
of King Diyi, His Reigning Years and the Beginning
of the Year Towards the End of Shang.” [Translated
title.] In Chinese. Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu 23 (2004):
189–205.
On calendrical dating using oracle bone inscriptions.
789. XU Jie and SHI Yunli. “A Preliminary Study
of the Rigui Tufa by Didace de Pantoja and Sun
Yuanhua: Together with a Discussion on the Dials
from the Tianwen Lue in Oxford University Library.”
[Translated title.] In Chinese. Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu
25 (2006): 149–158.
790. YANG Xiaoming and LI Shuxue. “An
Qingqiao’s Explanation of Precession.” [Translated
title.] In Chinese. Chinese J. Hist. Sci. Tech. 26
(2005): 238–245.
791. YANG Xiaoming. “Mei Wending’s Theory
about Left-Handed Rotation of the Sun, Moon, and