Sen'yasetsu - Sen'yasetsu

Japanese: 宣夜説 - せんやせつ
Sen'yasetsu - Sen'yasetsu

One of the three major cosmological theories of ancient China. Unlike the Gaitian theory, which considers the universe to be a hemisphere covering the earth, and the Hun Tian theory, which considers the universe to be a spherical celestial sphere, Xuan Ye theory is characterized by its teaching that the universe is empty and without substance. The sky is empty, lofty, and limitless. The sun, moon, and stars float in the air, moving and standing still. Sometimes they move forward, sometimes backward, but everything follows an independent rule. However, they do not have a substance, and the stars appear when the energy condenses and disappear when the energy dissipates. The sun moves one angle a day, the moon moves 13 degrees, and the five planets move at their own speeds, but this is because the celestial bodies are not attached to anything. The possibility of infinite space not bound by the celestial sphere is at the root of this idea. All of the books on the Xuan Ye theory have been lost, and it is written in the Tianwenzhi of the Book of Jin that Qi Meng of the Later Han Dynasty summarized his teacher's theory.

[Gorou Ishida]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

古代中国の三大宇宙論の一つ。宇宙を大地を覆う半球と考える蓋天説(がいてんせつ)、全球面の天球を考える渾天説(こんてんせつ)に対して、宇宙は空虚で実質がないと説くところが特徴である。天は空虚で高遠で限りがない。日・月・諸星は空中に浮かび、動いたり止まったりする。ときには順行し、ときには逆行するが、すべてが独立の規則性に従っている。しかし実質があるのではなく、気が凝縮すると諸星は現れ、気が散逸すると消滅する。太陽は1日に角度の一度、月は13度、五惑星はそれぞれの速度で動くが、これは天体が何ものかに付着していないためである。天球にとらわれない無限の空間の可能性がこの思想の根底にある。宣夜説の書はすべて散逸し、後漢(ごかん)の郄萌(けきぼう)が先師の説をまとめたと『晋書(しんじょ)』天文志に書かれている。

[石田五郎]

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