[Preface]
The Book of History and Heavenly Officials is the fifth of the eight books, which mainly introduces ancient astronomical knowledge and astrological systems.
[What is Tianguan]
"Celestial Official" is an astronomical and star official. Tai Shi Gong corresponds various celestial phenomena with national governance, war victories and defeats, agricultural production, natural disasters, etc. in the "Book of History and Heavenly Officials", and has a strong color of "the unity of heaven and man".
[Ancient Astronomer]
Emperor ZhaoShi: Zhong, Li;
Yao Shunshi: Xi shi, heshi;
Xia Dynasty: Kun Wu;
Shang Dynasty: Wu Xian;
Zhou Dynasty: Shi You, Cang Hong;
Song Guo: Ziwei;
Zheng Guo: Barnyard;
Qi Guo: Gander;
Chu State: Tang Xiao;
Zhao Guo: Yin Gao;
Wei Guo: Shi Shen
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The names of these astronomers all seem to be relatively unfamiliar, however, there was an astronomer in the Western Han Dynasty, and his name can be described as a household name, yes, it was Tai Shi Ling - Sima Qian.
[Five Planets]
The heavens have five stars and the earth has five elements. The correspondence between the five stars and the five elements is as follows:
[Twenty-Eight Hostels]
Twenty-eight host twelve states, the correspondence is as follows:
[Postscript]
Combined with the "Book of History and Heavenly Officials", let's look at the opening chapter of Wang Bo's "Preface to the Tengwang Pavilion": "Old County, Hongdu New Province." Stars divide, earth joins henglu. Placket and belt, control and lead to Ouyue. Wuhua Tianbao, the ruins of the Dragon Light Shooting; renjie diling, Xu Ruxia Chen Fan's bed..." Nanchang, where the Tengwang Pavilion is located, was the seat of Yuzhang County during the Han Dynasty, Yuzhang County belonged to Yangzhou, Yangzhou was divided into Niusu and Female Su, and the Three Rivers and Five Lakes were divided into Dou su, and Dou Su belonged to the Star of Heaven, which corresponded to the following "Dragon Light Shooting Bull Fighting Ruins". Jingzhou is the division of Yisu and Yisu, and is also the location of Hengshan, and the location of Nanchang can just divide Jingzhou into two, that is, "star split wing"; in addition, Nanchang is connected to Hengshan in the west and Lushan in the north, that is, "the ground is connected to Henglu".
Is there a feeling of openness?
——2021.11.4
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