Mme
Chen Ji
(PSL-Paris Observatory & University of Science and Technology of China)
With the compilation of the Chongzhen lishu (崇禎曆書, Chongzhen Reign Treatises on Calendrical Astronomy, completed around 1634-1635) in the late Ming dynasty (明, 1368–1644), Tycho’s theories were first introduced into China, among which the solar and lunar theories were the most important. The solar theory underwent continuous revisions in its two later versions, the Xiyang xinfa lishu (西洋新法曆書,...
