Chinese Celestial Star Chart
Planisphère céleste chinois (Chinese Celestial Star Chart)
Chinese
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1 pages
Natural PhilosophyArt IllustratedChinese ClassicsChinese Natural KnowledgeChinese Divination CosmologyThe MoonEast Asia
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No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
No English translation of Joseph de Guignes' 1770 French memoir or celestial chart 'Planisphère céleste chinois' was found in any of the searched catalogs. This work is a specialized 18th-century French academic publication on Chinese astronomy that has remained untranslated as a standalone English work, though it may be referenced in secondary scholarly literature.
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About This Book
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This chart reveals how Chinese astronomers mapped the night sky long before modern Western systems became universal. Readers will see how an eighteenth-century scholar translated these ancient observations into a technical guide. It is a map of a different celestial reality.
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