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Presented from the viewpoint of the history of mathematics, this book explores both epistemological aspects of Chinese traditional mathematical astronomy and lu

China’s most sophisticated system of computational astronomy was created for a Mongol emperor who could neither read nor write Chinese, to celebrate victory o

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Though there are a number of well-written works on Chinese divination, there are none that deal with the three sophisticated devices that were employed by the C

This book is a history of the development of mathematical astronomy in China, from the late third century BCE, to the early 3rd century CE - a period often refe