6. Research Notes On Yin Li Chronology per Zheng Xuan

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface IX
4. 1.The He zun Inscription and the Beginning of Zhou 1
5. 2.Supplement to the “The ‘Question’ Question”— British Museum Scapula and British Museum Library Deer Horn 17
6. 3. The King and the Bird: a Possible Genuine Shang Literary Text and Its Echoes in Later Philosophy and Religion 22
7. 4. The Hampers of Zeng: Some Problems in Archaeoastronomy 29
8. 5.New Study of Xiaotun Yinxu Wenzi Jiabian 2416 42
9. 6. Research Notes On Yin Li Chronology per Zheng Xuan 55
10. 7. A Tell-tale Mistake in the Lü shi Chunqiu: The Earthquake Supposedly in the Eighth Year of Wen Wang of Zhou 62
11. 8. The Origin of the Chaochen Rule 69
12. 9. A New Analysis of the Guoyu Astrological Text 84
13. 10. Qingming Day, 1040 BC 102
14. 11. Kong Jia of Xia, 1577–1569 BC 116
15. 12. Shaughnessy’s Slip 128
16. 13. Review of Sun, Xiaochun, and Jacob Kistemaker, The Chinese Sky during the Han: Constellating Stars and Society 135
17. 14. Zhang Peiyu on the Dayuan Li yi and the “Jinben” Zhushu jinian 142
18. 15. The 1046 Hypothesis 163
19. 16. Huang Di to Zhi Bo: A Problem in Historical Epistemology 195
20. 17. Was Warring States China Ahead of Greece in Science? 202
21. 18. Notes on Royal Ontario Museum, White Collection, #1908 208
22. 19. 90^th Birthday Address 211
23. 20.Two yuan and Four quarters 220
24. 21. The “31 Years” Problem 239
25. 22. The Nivison-Shaughnessy Debate on the Bamboo Annals (Zhushu jinian) 256
26. 23.Important Discoveries and Bad Mistakes 286
27. Postface 1 298
28. Postface 2 301
29. Index 303