中国早期日食记录研究进展

中国古代系统的日食记录始自春秋。自汉以至清代,整齐而完备。此前的夏、商、西周三代,日食记录零散而模糊。历来研究者众而难得定论。近年来由于天文计算方法和历史年代学的进展,早期日食记录的研究也获得新的成就。

Progress in Studies of Solar Eclipses Recorded in Early China

Systematic records of solar eclipses started from Chunqiu period. Such records are complete and regular from the Han to the Qing Dynasties. Before then, in the Xia, Shang and West Zhou Dynasties, records of solar eclipses were vague and scattered. Many people investigated them, but it is difficult to get final conclusions. With recent progress in astronomical computation and historic chronology, new achievements have been reached in studies of early solar eclipses. These records include "Sanmiao" and "Zhongkang" eclipses in the legends of the Xia Dynasty; "Three flames ate the Sun", "The sun and the moon were eclipsed" and "The sun was Zhi" on the oracle bones of the Shang Dynasty; "Tianda yi", "Double dawn" and "Poem eclipse" in the literature of West Zhou Dynasty.