Episode 3.3.1: Supplemental-Ancient Chinese Astronomy

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01/24/2016

Episode 3.3.1: Supplemental-Ancient Chinese Astronomy

In this episode we discuss the astronomy of the early dynastic period of China including the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties. Specific attention is paid the the idea of the Mandate of Heaven and its relation to circumpolar astronomy.

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Image of the top of a clothes hamper found in a Chinese tomb displaying the 28 lunar lodges, the character for the North Pole and the Cerulean Dragon

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