Liao shi — treatise on the calendar and its signs

《辽史·历象志》 1344 CE · Toqto’a and others

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Overview

It records the calendar used under the Liao, with celestial phenomena as well.

Key data

ItemDetail
Completed1344 CE
CompilersToqto’a and others
ChapterTreatise 12
Core contentLiao calendar

The work

The Liao shi was compiled under Toqto’a of the Yuan. Liao documents were badly lost, and its treatises were largely assembled from Song accounts and Liao fragments — hence their brevity.

The treatise

It joins calendar and phenomena in one chapter and records the calendar used under the Liao.

The Liao inherited Tang and Five Dynasties practice and was also touched by the Song; its calendar forms a line of its own, and this treatise is its chief record.

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Compiled and arranged by Chujia Kuang.