薄树人先生与中国天文学史研究

BO SHUREN AND THE HTSTORY OF CHINESE ASTRONOMY

薄树人（１９３４—１９９７年）是当代中国天文学史界的代表人物。５０年代他毕业于南京大学数学天文系，立志从事天文学史研究。６０年代他和著名天文学史家席泽宗合作，以《中、朝、日三国古代的新星记录及其在射电天文学中的意义》蜚声国际天文学、科学史界。在４０年的学术生涯中，他在中国古代天文学的系统整理与研究、天象记录、恒星观测、历法、天文学家、天文仪器、天文台、中外天文学交流、天文学史文献学、天文学思想等方面都做了大量重要工作。他是中国天文学史研究重要学术组织者和学科带头人之一，以他毕生的精力为中国天文学史研究事业作出了重大的贡献。该文是为纪念薄树人先生逝世１周年而作，是一篇简略的学术传记。

This brief academic biography is written for commemorating the 1st anniversary of the death of Prof. Bo Shuren(7 November 1934—22 September 1997). In the 1950's he chose the history of astronomy as his career when he graduated from Nanjing University. In the 1960's he became celebrated in the international astronomical society for his collaboration with the famous Prof. Xi Zezong in prblishing their Ancient Novae and Supernovae Recorded in Chinese, Korean and Japanese Annals and Their Significance in Radioastronomy (1965).During the 40 years of his career in the history of astronomy, he published a large number of papers on general history of Chinese astronomy, ancient astronomical records and their modern application, ancient calendars, astronomers, ancient astronomical texts and astronomical thought. He made great achievements to the study of the history of Chinese astronomy, to which he dedicated his lifetime.