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1、ASTRO-HISTORIOGRAPHICCHRONOLOGIESOFEARLYCHINAAREUNFOUNDEDDouglasJ.KeenanSeveralresearchershavemadeproposalsforachronologyofancientChinaAcknowledgments:appreciativethankstoF.thatrelyonrecordsofastronomicalevents—solareclipsesorfive-planetRichardStephensonandDona
2、ldB.Wagnerfordetailedcommentsondrafts,andtoLiuconjunctions.ItisshownhereinthateithertheeventsdidnotoccurorthereCiyuanandDavidW.Pankenierforhelpfulisnoreliablerecordofthem,orboth,andthatsuchproblemsareunrectifiable.discussions.Hencechronologiesthatarebasedonastr
3、o-historiographyareunfounded.IntroductionThechronologyofancientChinahasbeendebatedforcenturies.The1S.Allan,trans.,“Chinalaunchesanambiti-longhistoryofChinaisregardedwithmuchprideinthenationtoday,andousmulti-yearXiaShangZhouchronologyproject,”EarlyChinaNews9(19
4、96):1,10–thelackofanacceptedchronologyoftheearlydynasticperiodhasledto14;E.Wilkinson,Chinesehistory:amanualconsiderablevexation.In1996,theStateCouncilofChina(Guowuyuan(Cambridge,Mass.:HarvardUniversityPress,)establishedagroupthatlaunchedamajornationalresearchp
5、roject,2000),atp.367.involvinghundredsofresearchers,whosegoalwastoresolvethesedebates.12Xia-Shang-Zhouduandaigongcheng[Xia-In2000,theprojectpublisheditsreport2:achronology,relyingonarecordShang-Zhouchronologyproject](Beijing:ShijieTushuChubanGongsi,2000)(inofa
6、solareclipse,wasofficiallyadopted.Thishasbeenpro-claimedasaChinese;anextensiveEnglishsummaryismajorachievementofChineseresearch.Despitethat,adifferentchronologyscheduledtobepublishedin2002.)hasgenerallybeenadoptedintheWest3:itisbasedonrecordsofconjunc-3M.Loewea
7、ndE.L.Shaughnessy,eds,Thetionsofthefivevisibleplanets.ThepresentworkconsidersthemeritsoftheseCambridgehistoryofancientChina(Cam-twodifferentapproaches.bridge:CambridgeUniversityPress,1999).SeeespeciallyE.L.Shaughnessy,“Calendarandchronology,”inid.,pp.19–25,andD
8、.N.Keightleyinid.,pp.247–8.SolarEclipsesAsolareclipseoccurswhenthemoonmovesinfrontofthesun,coveringsomeofit.Ifthesunistotallycovered,itiscalledatotaleclipse.Ifthesunispartiallycove
