Heavenly Numbers —— Astronomy and Authority in Early Imperial China

----- 天文数字：中国早期的天文学和权威

ISBN: 9780198733119 出版年：2018 页码：441 Cullen, Christopher Oxford University Press

This is a book about the history of astronomy during the foundation of imperial China. As the state believed that signs in the heavens contained vital messages about the way government should be conducted, China maintained a large staff of specialists whose job was to observe, record, and attempt to predict the movements of the heavenly bodies.