Subject: Gnomons

Biaodu shuo 表度說. [Jap-Sin II, 62]
AuthorDe Ursis, Sabatino 熊三拔, 1575–1620
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CollectionRicci Institute Library
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LanguageChinese 中文
TypeBook (Text in Collection)
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ShelfDigital Archives, Case X
Call NumberBX880.L5 1965x
Description1 juan. (v.5, p.2523-2618)
NoteIn: [TXCH, vol. 5, pp. 2523-2618]
For full bibliographic and textual citation see: Ad Dudink & Nicolas Standaert, Chinese Christian Texts Database (CCT-Database).

JapSin II, 62
Biaodu shuo 表度說.
Transmitted orally by Xiong Sanba 熊三拔 (Sabatino de Ursis) and written down by Zhou Ziyu 周子愚 and Zhuo Erkang 卓爾康.
One juan. Bamboo paper in one ce with a paper case. No date or place of publication.

The cover bears a label with the title and a Latin inscription: “De Gnomonica | a p. Sabbathinus | de Ursis S.J.”
There is a preface (five and one-half folios) by Li Zhizao 李之藻 (Hangzhou). A second preface (three folios), dated 1614 (Wanli 42), by Zhou Ziyu of Cishui 慈水, at the end of which there are two wooden carved seals in cursive style: 古太史氏 and 周子愚印. Instead of the preface of Li Zhizao, Hsü Tsung-tse (1949, p. 283–284) reproduces the preface of Xiong Mingyu 熊明遇 (jinshi of 1601), which is not found in our copy.
Folio 1 gives the title, the author and collaborators (Zhou and Zhuo): 泰西熊三拔口授，慈水周子愚，武林卓爾康筆記. There are ten columns in each half folio with twenty-two characters to each column. The title of the book is given in the middle of each folio and the number of the folio below the fish-tail. The main text consists of forty folios, and contains tables and illustrations.
The book, which deals with the gnomon, is included in the Tianxue chuhan and was later copied into the Imperial Library, the Siku quanshu. Both the Huang-Qing jingjie 皇清經解 and the Chourenzhuan 疇人傳 make reference to it.

Cf. Pfister, p. 105, no. 3; Feng 1938, p. 125; Hsü 1949, pp. 281–284; SKTY 3:2180–2181; Courant 4903; Couplet, p. 13; DMB 2:1332.

Source: Albert Chan, S.J., Chinese Books and Documents in the Jesuit Archives in Rome, p. 368.

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Zhoubi suanjing : fu yinyi 周髀算經 : 附音義. Zhoubi suanjing shu 周髀算經述
AuthorZhen Luan 甄鸞Zhao Shuang 趙爽Feng Jing 馮經, juren 1770
PlaceShanghai 上海
PublisherShangwu yinshuguan 商務印書館
CollectionBibl. Sinensis Soc. Iesu
Edition初版
LanguageChinese 中文
TypeBook (Text in Collection)
SeriesCongshu jicheng chubian 叢書集成初編 ; 1262
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Call NumberAC149.T76 1935 v. 1262
Description132 p. in various pagings : ill. ; 17.5 cm.
NoteZhoubi suanjing : fu yinyi 周髀算經 : 附音義 / Zhao Junqing zhu 趙君卿注 ; Zhen Luan chongshu 甄鸞重述 ; Li Chunfeng shi 李淳風釋. Zhoubi suanjing shu 周髀算經述 / Feng Jing zhuan 馮經撰.
民國26 [1937].

Zhoubi suanjing 周髀算經, see E. Wilkinson, Chinese history, a manual, pp. 470, 670, 789. For English translation and study, see C. Cullen, Astronomy and Mathematics in Ancient China, 1996.

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