摘要
本文通过研究卜辞"戠"字音义,考定了殷卜辞中迄今所见唯一的一次日食记录。日食时间为公元前1161年10月31日,乙巳晨,属殷王祖甲之世。殷人较准确地预报了此次日食的发生时间和见食地点。某些预卜记录同时反映了殷人掌握的约54(或18)年的交食周期。
Through a comprehensive analysis of both the original meaning and the pronunciation of the character shi (戠) engraved on oracle-bones, this paper reveals the only solar eclipse recorded in the oracle-bone inscriptions of the Yin Dynasty discovered so far. This solar eclipse on the day of yi si (乙巳) during the reign-period of the Yin King Zu Jia (祖甲) occurred at the dawn of October 31, 1161 B. C. in the Julian calendar. The Yin people gave a fairly accurate forecast of the time of the eclipse as well as the place where it could be seen, and some of the records on the calculation of the sun's eclipse also show the eclipse obtained by the Yin people as consisting of about 54 or 18 years.
出处
《自然科学史研究》
CSCD
1992年第2期139-150,共12页
Studies in The History of Natural Sciences
关键词
殷代
卜辞
戠
日食
交食周期
the Yin Dynasty, oracle-bone inscription, shi(戠), solar eclipse cycle of eclipse
