博学通儒的著名天文学家——刘焯

Liu Zhuo: An Erudite Celebrated Astronomer

刘焯是衡水籍的历史名人,著名经学家、天文学家。他一生颇有建树,任太学博士时,讲经授义,著书研经;受聘为州博士时,提出历法多存谬误,多次建议修改;罢官回乡后,著书研义,编著《皇极历》,达到很高水平。他潜心学术,热爱教育的敬业、奉献精神以及他在学馆中营造的宽松学术气氛、自由的理论追求,为今天学术研究提供了思想引导和模式启示。尤其是他的重大科研成就,为后代科学和文化的发展奠定了坚实的基础。

The famous historical figure Liu Zhuo,whose native place is Hengshui,is a celebrated astronomer and a scholar of Classical Studies.He is quintessential and influential in his life.He delivered lectures,wrote books and studied sutras in the period of being a teacher in the Imperial College.He pointed out the mistakes existing in the calendars and suggested to modify them for several times in the period of being appointed as a state instructor.And he wrote the ＂Imperial Extremely Calendar＂ which reached a very high level after he resigned from the post and came back to his hometown.His spirit of concentrating on academic research and devoting to education as well as the relaxed academic atmosphere created by him in the school and the freedom in pursuing individual theories offer important thought guidance and mode enlightenment for the academic research of today.Especially,his great achievements in scientific research laid a solid foundation for the develop-ment of science and culture in the later generations.