Li Chun Feng (English spelling) Lǐ Chún fēng

Japanese: 李淳風 - りじゅんぷう（英語表記）Lǐ Chún fēng

602‐670
An astronomer and mathematician in the early Tang Dynasty of China. A native of Yongxian County, Qizhou (Fengxiang, Shaanxi Province). He served as Grand Historian for a number of years. In 633 (the 7th year of the Zhenguan era), he created a new armillary sphere equipped with a triple-celestial sphere consisting of an ecliptic ring, an equatorial ring, and a white axis ring. He compiled the Astronomical Journal and Luliquor Journal of the Book of Jin and Book of Sui, and also commented on the Tenshu of Suanjing. During the reign of Emperor Gaozong, he compiled the Rinde calendar, known in Japan as the Yifeng calendar. He discovered that the tails of comets always move on the opposite side of the sun, and compiled records of astronomical and meteorological phenomena, and also wrote the Yishi Zhan. [Hashimoto Keizo]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

602‐670
中国，唐初の天文学･数学者。岐州雍県(陝西省鳳翔)の人。太史令を歴任。633年(貞観7)，黄道環，赤道環，白道環よりなる三辰儀を備えた渾天儀を新たに作った。《晋書》と《隋書》の天文志と律暦志を編み，また《算経十書》の注釈を行った。高宗のとき，日本では儀鳳暦として知られる麟徳暦を編んだ。彗星の尾は常に太陽と反対側にくる事実を発見し，天文気象現象の記録を整理したが，また《乙巳占》を著した。【橋本敬造】

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