宋代历法沿革

A History of Chinese Calendars in Song Dynasty

历法在中国传统文化中占有极其重要的地位。梳理了宋代历法的沿革过程,讨论了每次改历前后的政治背景,并对各部历法的制造者、内容和使用情况给出详细的说明和讨论。指出历法精度的降低是历法改革的直接因素,但是政治因素在历法改革和行用中起到了决定性的作用。

The calendar plays an extremely important role in Chinese traditional culture. Combed the history of calendars in Song dynasty, it discusses the political background before and after each cal- endar was reformed. The maker, content and using of each calendar has been described and discussed detailed. It pointed out that the drop in precision is direct factor of calendar reformed; however, the po- litical factors played a decisive role in the reform and the used of the calendars.