《明儒学案》成书时间与天象——兼谈古代天文记录研究方法论的反思

Ming Ru XueAn’s Completion time and Celestial phenomena——Methodological Reflection on the study of Ancient Astronomical Records

黄百家曾有语云"府君于丙辰岁著《明儒学案》成,而五星聚牛女"。其中出现"五星聚牛女"的天象似乎与《明儒学案》成书时间有关。然经考证,康熙年间不曾出现过"五星聚牛女",故不能借以佐证《明儒学案》的成书时间。由此案例可以看到目前学界在利用现代天文计算对古代天象记录的研究中存在的一些问题,值得深思。

Huang Baijia once said that"Fujun Yu Bingchen Zhu MingRuXueAn(明儒学案)Cheng,Er Wu Xing JuNiuNv".The appearance of"Five Stars Gathering Niu Nu"(五星聚牛女)seems to be related to the time when MingRuXueAn was written.However,after some research,there was no"Five Stars Gathering Niu Nu"in Kangxi’s reign,so it cannot be used as a proof of the completion time of MingRu Xue An.It can be seen that there are some problems in the study of ancient astronomical records by using modern astronomical computation,which deserves deep consideration.