DID BABYLONIAN ASTROLOGY INFLUENCE EARLY CHINESE ASTRAL PROGNOSTICATION XING ZHAN SHU 星占術?. (3rd July 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pankenier, David W.
• Is Part Of: Early China. Volume 37(2014)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 13
• Publication Date: 2014-07-03
• Subjects: Astral omenology, -- Babylonia, -- transmission to China; 占星術, -- 巴比倫, -- 傳入中國; China -- Periodicals; China -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; China -- Study and teaching -- Periodicals; 931.005
• DOI: 10.1017/eac.2014.4
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0362-5028

Abstract

Abstract: This article examines the question whether aspects of Babylonian astral divination were transmitted to East Asia in the ancient period. An often-cited study by the Assyriologist Carl Bezold claimed to discern significant Mesopotamian influence on early Chinese astronomy and astrology. This study has been cited as authoritative ever since, including by Joseph Needham, although it has never been subjected to careful scrutiny. The present article examines the evidence cited in support of the claim of transmission. 摘要: 本文探討巴比倫星占術是否傳入早期中國的問題。二十世紀初，有一位有名的亞述文明學者在其研究中聲稱中國的占星術起源于古代美索不達米亞。這種說法雖然沒有被仔細推敲，但從那時起至今，一直被視為定論。本文首次對傳入說的證據進行了探討。