The Dunhuang Chinese Sky: A comprehensive study of the oldest known star atlas

[BaguaKicksAss]

http://idp.bl.uk/education/astronomy_researchers/index.a4d

 

[JessOBrien]

Wow very cool. Ancient Chinese astronomy is fascinating.

[dawei]

Very interesting. I was just reading something about this yesterday. I had previously found one of those maps but have never seen such a detailed discussion. Nice.

[BaguaKicksAss]

Anyone want to translate it?

[dawei]

Chinese astronomy differs from the ecliptic-based Chaldeo-Greek tradition by its equatorial character, due to the central role of the polar star

 

This comment is so deep in chinese lore and myth and leads one to Tai Yi (Great One), and origin of characters like Dragon (Long) and God or Ruler of Heaven (Di).

[BaguaKicksAss]

Chinese astronomy differs from the ecliptic-based Chaldeo-Greek tradition by its equatorial character, due to the central role of the polar star

 

This comment is so deep in chinese lore and myth and leads one to Tai Yi (Great One), and origin of characters like Dragon (Long) and God or Ruler of Heaven (Di).

 

Thanks for explaining a lot of the medical qigong and neigong I practice .

[dawei]

http://idp.bl.uk/education/astronomy_researchers/index.a4d

 

 

Here is a PDF version:

 

http://people.duke.edu/~myhan/kaf0910.pdf