...The position of the planets, especially Jupiter (called the "yearly star"), was used to predict the state's security, and the sky was divided into "28 mansions" and "12 mansions" for this purpose. During the Warring States period, astronomers such as Shi Shen and Gan De appeared and actively conducted astronomical observations, and in the middle of the 4th century BCE, the "quarter calendar" was invented, with a year of 3651/4 days, and a well-organized luni-solar calendar was created using cycles of 19 and 76 years. These cycles were also known in Greece, which also used the luni-solar calendar, and were called the Metonic cycle and the Callipic cycle, respectively, after the names of the astronomers who proposed them. ... *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Amadoku" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…惑星の中,とくに木星(〈歳星〉という)の位置によって国家の安危を占うことが行われ,そのために〈二十八宿〉や〈十二次〉によって天空を分割することが行われた。戦国時代になると石申や甘徳などの天文学者が出て盛んに天体観測を行ったが,前4世紀の半ばごろには1年を3651/4日とする〈四分暦〉が考案され,19年や76年の周期を利用して整然とした太陰太陽暦がつくられた。これらの周期は,同じく太陰太陽暦を使用したギリシアでも知られ,提唱した天文学者の名にちなんで,それぞれメトン周期,カリポス周期と呼ばれた。… ※「甘徳」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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