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Overview
Key data
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Author | Xue Fengzuo (d. 1660) |
| Completed | Early Qing |
| Volumes | Several works, each in parts |
| Character | Drawing on both Chinese and Western calendrical mathematics, aiming at reconciliation |
The author’s learning
Xue Fengzuo first studied traditional Chinese calendrical mathematics and later learned Western methods from the missionaries,
so that he commanded both; his aim was “reconciliation.”
With Wang Xichan he was one of the early Qing masters of both traditions.
Contents
The work sets out Chinese calendrical methods alongside Western computations,
attempting to bring the two into one system.
It treats the calendar, mathematics and the science of measurement.
Value
“Reconciliation” is a keyword of early Qing calendrical mathematics.
Xue Fengzuo’s work stands with Mei Wending’s Complete Works and Wang Xichan’s Xiao’an Xinfa
as the three great works of the reconciliation school.
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