The ancient Chinese society attached great importance to astronomy due to the influence of the idea of the interaction between the heaven and humanity. However, the failure of the officials in Directorate of Astronomy to accurately predict eclipses during the Ming Dynasty made astronomy become the main point of contact between Chinese and Western cultures during the Ming and Qing dynasties.

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The Attitude of Jesuits Towards Traditional Chinese Astrology and Numerology

  • Yi-Long Huang

摘要

The ancient Chinese society attached great importance to astronomy due to the influence of the idea of the interaction between the heaven and humanity. However, the failure of the officials in Directorate of Astronomy to accurately predict eclipses during the Ming Dynasty made astronomy become the main point of contact between Chinese and Western cultures during the Ming and Qing dynasties.