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Astral Sciences in Early Imperial China - Observation, Sagehood and the Individual (Hardcover)
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Astral Sciences in Early Imperial China - Observation, Sagehood and the Individual (Hardcover)
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Challenging monolithic modern narratives about 'Chinese science',
Daniel Patrick Morgan examines the astral sciences in China c.221
BCE-750 CE as a study in the disunities of scientific cultures and
the narratives by which ancients and moderns alike have fought to
instil them with a sense of unity. The book focuses on four
unifying 'legends' recounted by contemporary subjects: the first
two, redolent of antiquity, are the 'observing of signs' and
'granting of seasons' by ancient sage kings; and the other two,
redolent of modernity, involve the pursuit of 'accuracy' and
historical 'accumulation' to this end. Juxtaposing legend with the
messy realities of practice, Morgan reveals how such narratives
were told, imagined, and re-imagined in response to evolving
tensions. He argues that, whether or not 'empiricism' and
'progress' are real, we must consider the real effects of such
narratives as believed in and acted upon in the history of
astronomy in China.
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