Foreign Astral Sciences in China
From the Six Dynasties to the Northern Song
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2026
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-47759-9 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
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This book explores the history of foreign astral science in China from the unique viewpoint of the knowledge introduced to the Middle Kingdom by monks, travellers, and merchants from different parts of Eurasia throughout the first millennium CE.
By comparing the extant works in Chinese with parallel materials in their original languages, including texts in Sanskrit and Pāli for the Buddhist materials, and in other languages for works by the Nestorians, Zoroastrians, and Manicheans, this book fills a lacuna in the understanding of the role foreign scientific ideas played in Chinese and East Asian societies.
Including full English translations of a number of Chinese texts of foreign origin for the first time, together with commentaries and the critically edited original Chinese texts, this book will appeal to students and scholars of the history of science, and Chinese history.
By comparing the extant works in Chinese with parallel materials in their original languages, including texts in Sanskrit and Pāli for the Buddhist materials, and in other languages for works by the Nestorians, Zoroastrians, and Manicheans, this book fills a lacuna in the understanding of the role foreign scientific ideas played in Chinese and East Asian societies.
Including full English translations of a number of Chinese texts of foreign origin for the first time, together with commentaries and the critically edited original Chinese texts, this book will appeal to students and scholars of the history of science, and Chinese history.
Bill M. Mak is Professor of History of Science at the University of Science and Technology of China and Research Associate at the Needham Research Institute, Cambridge, U.K.
1. Introduction Part 1: History 2. Early Transmission and Reception 3. Indian Astronomical Knowledge during Sui and Tang 4. Exotic Planetary Lore in China from Mid-Tang to Northern Song 5. Interaction of foreign astral science with indigenous systems from Tang to Northern Song Part 2: Texts 6. Early Vedic and Buddhist Astral Texts 7. Sino-Indian astronomical texts during Sui and Tang 8. Planetary treatises across Eurasia 9. Conclusion
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 26.3.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Needham Research Institute Series |
| Zusatzinfo | 34 Tables, black and white; 73 Halftones, black and white; 73 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 453 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie |
| Naturwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-138-47759-1 / 1138477591 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-138-47759-9 / 9781138477599 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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