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Astrology and Cosmology in Early China: Conforming Earth to Heaven David W Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-00672-0 - Astrology and Cosmology in Early China: Conforming Earth to Heaven David W. Pankenier Index More information Index AHeng (asterism), 244 uniqueness of Ding (Pegasus), Abrabanel, Don Isaac, 413, 417 145 Account of the Proferring Emperor (Xian di Vega-Altair, 377 zhuan ), 423 Warring States, in Kao gong ji , Against Aggressive Warfare (Fei gong ), 129 196, 256 and the Weaving Maid (star), 376 Airs of Yong (Yong feng ), 127 in Western Zhou, 126 Albumasar (Abu-Ma’shar),¯ 407, 411 zheng “correct,” 140 alignment in Zhou bi suan jing , 107 accuracy of, 122, 147 Align-the-Hall (lodge yingshi ), 35, 52, accuracy of in Egypt, 108, 117 53, 60, 61, 128, 129, 132, 144, 179, 195, astral, 95 318, 320, 321, 349, 375, 408, 409, 419, astral in Egypt, 98 428, 429, 432, 433, 435, 459, 470, 474, astronomical in Qin and Han, 317 477, 478, 481, 482, 489 cardinal, 11, 83 1953 BCE planetary massing in, 179 cardinal, in Huainanzi , 130 accuracy of polar alignment, 137 cardinal, in the Neolithic, 119 anciently included Eastern Wall, 135 cultural variability in, 100, 147 as Celestial Temple, 136, 144 of the Dipper, 271 Alioth, 372 Five Planets, 9, 206, 289, 301, 425 alignment function of, 374 Five Planets, in the Song Dynasty, 426 Allan, Sarah, 112, 116, 139, 206, 233, 241 Five Planets, in the Tang Dynasty, alligator 431 bones, 62 inaccuracy, 113, 122 drum, 62 of Luminous Hall (Mingtang ), 148, Neolithic trade in, 62 344 range in Neolithic, 62 Neolithic, at Puyang , 339 seasonal associations, 62 by Pegasus, 131, 137 seasonal behavior, 67 polar, 99, 101, 350 Yangtze, 62 polar, in Egypt, 109, 140 Altair, 376, 377, 454, 472. See also polar, intentionality of, 143 Draught-Ox pre-Columbian in Mexico, 147 Aluoshan , 439 Pyramids of Giza, 108 An Lushan , 433, 434, 437 Qin capital Xianyang , 327 Analects, 91, 142, 211 Qin capital Yongcheng , 323 ancestor worship, 240 in Shang, 122 Annotated Water Classic, Shuijing zhu solar, at Yaoshan and Huiguanshan , 349 ,30 Announcement at Luo, Luo gao , 123, by solar shadows, 12, 101, 129 124, 140, 142 solstitial at Taosi ),28 Announcement Concerning Wine, Jiu gao timing of, 138 , 244 570 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-00672-0 - Astrology and Cosmology in Early China: Conforming Earth to Heaven David W. Pankenier Index More information Index 571 Announcement of Duke Shao, Shao gao #, Ba (Sichuan), 92, 388 123, 140, 228 Babylonia, 104, 107, 410 Announcement of Kang, Kang gao , 343 cosmogony in Enuma¯ Elish, 394 Antares. See Great Fire divinization of celestial bodies in, 407 Anyang . See Yinxu monster Tiamat, 396 Apophis, 394 Bagley, Robert W., 150, 175 Appended Commentary, Xi ci zhuan , Bai Juyi , 342 48, 149, 162, 174, 175, 336, 364, 385 Balance and Stone Weight , 468 Arachne, 381 Balance Beam , 464, 465, 505 archaeoastronomy, 3, 98 Bamboo Annals , xxii, 123, 197 with Chinese characteristics, 14 date of defeat of Qi in, 203 definition of, 3 Five Planets criss-crossed in, 195 archetype, 96, 224 interpolation in, 196 Arcturus, 463 mention of Cinnabar Writing in, 178 Aries, 411 planetary omens in, 207 Aristotle, 410 record of planetary massing in, 196 Army (asterism), 470 relative chronology of Shang-Zhou in, 204, Arriving Beneficence Star, , 496 206 ArtofWar, The, 307 Ban Gu , 423 Ascher, M., 381 Banners , 462 Ascher, R., 381 Bao zhang shi , 7, 268 Assistant Conductors , 95, 249, 463 Baoshan ,89 Assistant Star , 461 Barnard, Mary, 254 Associate Ministers , 461 Base (lodge), 52, 73, 245, 307, 463, 476, Astana, 389, 392 487, 489 astral omenology Basic Annals of the First Emperor of Qin definition of, 194 , 318 astral prognostication, 261, 384, 406, 408, Basic Annals of Zhou , 198 437, 440, 449, 454 Basket (lodge), 195, 272, 429, 433, 463, motivation for, 407 475, 476, 482, 487, 489 and national security, 442 Battle of Chengpu , 196, 261, 264, 283, popularization of, 314 288, 289, 292, 294, 297 astrology Battle of Muye , 216, 293, 294 cause and effect in, 417 Bauernkrieg. See Peasant’s War horoscopic, 10, 418 Beak () (lodge), 77, 274, 466 path-dependency in, 407 Beginning of Autumn ,ix and secrecy, 9 Beginning of Spring , ix, 60, 136, 375, astronomical orientation, 83 471, 501 astronomy Behr, Wolfgang, 159 and computation, 146 beiji . See Northern Culmen cultural, xxi, 4 Bellah, Robert N., 1, 56, 162, 193 as exact science, 153 Bengbu , 188 and orientation, 174 Bennett, Steven, 317 and social control, 146, 153 Berger, Peter, 223, 224, 232, 237, 242, 405 and theoretic development, 146, 153 Berosus, 409, 411 atomism, 353 Beside the Ear , 468, 469 Attack (lodge), 59, 77, 468, 505 bestow the seasons, 141, 243, 252 Augustine, 410 Beyton-Davies, Paul, 152 Auriga (constellation), 325, 349, 403 bi bing '. See Weapon Deterring Aveni, Anthony, 28, 153, 154, 256, 365 dagger-axe Axial Age, 237 bi yong , 229. See also Circular Moat axial alignment, 113, 118, 146, 147, 214, 323 Bible, 415 axis mundi, 96, 214, 326, 333, 349 Bin Gong xu , 34, 273 Aymara, 164 Bird. See Vermilion Bird (constellation) Aztec, weaver goddess, 381 Bird Star , 197, 212, 245 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-00672-0 - Astrology and Cosmology in Early China: Conforming Earth to Heaven David W. Pankenier Index More information 572 Index Blake, William, 397 invention of, 251 Bo hu tong . See Comprehensive khipu, 163, 166 Discussions in the White Tiger Hall and legitimacy, 356 Bolt and Latch , 462 li xiang (“to calendar”) , 218, 447, 450, Bonampak, 171 502 Book of Changes , 40, 44, 48, 142, 144, lunar, 154 162, 174, 282, 336, 344, 355, 357, 358, luni-solar, 152 359, 364, 368, 382, 385, 421, 431 Mandate, 197 Book of Daniel, 413, 417, 418 Marc Kalinowski on, 242, 255 Book of Documents , 35, 65, 123, 176, Maya, 440 183, 201, 215, 216, 227, 228, 235, 253, mismanagement of, 252, 257, 258 254, 256, 272, 343, 370 multiple, 158 Book of Lord Shang , 382 Muslim, 440 Book of Odes , 35, 77, 124, 154, 197, 366, obsolescence of, 256 369, 383 official, 80, 113, 153, 248 Book of Rites , 211, 353, 366 origin of, 155 Book of the Dead, 400 as politically sensitive, 422 Book of the Thousands, The, 411 popular seasonal, 257 Bow #, 469, 505 ritual-bureaucratic, 154, 257 Bowl , 460 and science, 147 Branner, David Prager, 159 Shang neglect of, 256 Brightly Shining Star , 494 Shang ritual, 239 Broadaxe , 465, 470 Sima Qian on, 250 Brokaw, Galen, 165 social nature of, 255 Bronze Age, 147, 212, 250, 258, 358 solar, 156, 253 astral indicators of the seasons in, tables, 155 383 and temporal power, 150 broom star, 485, 494, 496, 504, 506, 508 and theoretic development, 246 Brown, David, 153 Triple Concordance System, 207 Burke, Kenneth, 143, 221, 222, 226, 232, warfare according to the, 266 244 written, 170 Xia, 53 Cai Mo , 40, 53, 80, 139, 248, 251 Zhuan Xu, 409 Cai Yong , 344 calendar and legitimacy, 154 Calabash ., 472 calends, 153 calendar Canals and Gullies , 467 agricultural, 154 Cang Jie pian , 366, 367 as almanac, 171 Canon of Shun , 243 annuary type, 245 Canon of Stars ,35 Antares, 73 Canon of the Generations #, 208, 420 astronomical, 246 Canon of Yao , 31, 32, 58, 75, 138, 141, Bureau of Astrology and, 437 175, 209, 243, 245, 248, 255 customs, 254 and “bestowing the seasons,” 246 and day cycle, 162, 172 Sun cult in, 138 and dynastic change, 255, 257, 425 Canopus (star), 494 as external memory device, 251 Cao Cao , 204, 424 Fire Star, 210 Cao Pi 2, 204, 302, 423, 450 first “zheng” month of, 174 Captain of the Palace Gentlemen , and good government, 253 465 Grand Inception reform of, 97 Carlson, John B., 399 Greek, 154 Carrasco, David, 243 Gregorian, 408 Carriage , 466 Guo Moruo on, 156 Cassiopeia (constellation), 318, 321 horizon, 152, 171 causality, 352 as inspiration for writing, 152 acausal orderedness, 357 invention by Fu Xi, 172, 385 in the Book of Changes, 362 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-00672-0 - Astrology and Cosmology in Early China: Conforming Earth to Heaven David W. Pankenier Index More information Index 573 Cavalry Officers , 462 Cherchen 3#, 306, 311 Celestial Army of the Forest of Feathers Chi You , 114, 507. See also Chi You’s , 470 Banner Celestial Arsenal , 463 Chi You’s Banner , 114, 496, 507, Celestial Arsenal and Tower , 466 508 Celestial Banner , 469, 472 Chong and Li , 246, 249 Celestial Culmen , 458 Chong Er , 261, 280 Celestial Drum , 495 chronosophy Celestial Feces (), 468 Zou Yan’s , 265 Celestial Flail , 459, 476 Chu (kingdom), 88, 246, 248, 252, 261, Celestial Ford , 471 269, 270, 279, 283, 325, 397 Celestial Four-in-Hand , 471 Chu Silk Manuscript, 225, 246, 252, 385, 397 Celestial Gate Towers , 465 Chunqiu fanlu , 211 Celestial Granary , 467 Chunqiuwei wen yao gou , 269 Celestial King , 461 Cinnabar Writing 4, 179, 211 Celestial King’s Court , 463 Circular Moat , 229, 343, 344, 349 Celestial Lakes , 466 clan-sign, 188 Celestial Lance , 459 Classic of Mountains and Seas , 31, 33, Celestial Latrine , 468 213, 366, 494 Celestial Market , 349, 419, 462 Cloud Serpent, 383 Celestial Parkland , 469 color coding, 166 Celestial Pendants , 370 correlations, 215 Celestial Pole, 40, 88, 94, 98, 100, 109, 111, colors 114, 317, 329 regulation, 211 Celestial Spearhead , 461 comet, 8, 9, 114, 196, 216, 309, 415, 419, 422, Celestial Street , 303, 451, 468, 506 435, 447, 459, 476, 478, 485, 487, 496, Celestial Temple , 53, 60, 136, 137, 174 497, 506, 507, 508, 509 Ding (Pegasus) as, 138, 143 Commander-in-Chief &, 460 Celestial Turtle , 179, 186 Commentary on the Image , 46, 55 Celestial One , 459, 461 Commoners’ Prison , 461 Central Palace , 458 compass, 385, 389, 399 Central Peak , 214, 342 and Nu¨ Wa, 385 Cerulean Dragon .
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