《淮南子·天文》与古代数术

The Chapter Tianwen of Huainanzi and the Ancient Chinese Shushu

《淮南子·天文》是传世战国秦汉文献中保存数术内容最丰富最完整的一篇,它为解读古代占时数术提供了一把钥匙,这把钥匙可从两方面来把握:一是从占时数术所依据的时间单位来把握;一是从占时数术得以成立的客观依据即神明移徙来把握。

The Chapter Tianwen of Huainanzi is the earliest and most complete literature passed from the Warring States and the Qin and Han dynasties. It is a key to the reading of the ancient shshu which is used to tell the future. I can be understood from two aspects, one is the unit of time, such as a year, a month, a day, etc.; the other is the god' movement on which the shushu is based.