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RESEARCH ON PORITICAL PROGNOSTICATIONS BASED ON THE APPEARANCE OF METEORS AND COMETS IN ANCIENT CHINA

Research Project

Project/Area Number 11610017
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Chinese philosophy
Research InstitutionOSAKA PREFECTURE UNIVERSITY (2000-2001)
Ehime University (1999)

Principal Investigator

KUSHIDA Hisaharu  OSAKA PREFECTURE UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OF INTEGRATED ARTS AND SCIENSES, PROFESSOR, 総合科学部, 教授 (70127223)

Project Period (FY) 1999 – 2001
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2001)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2001: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2000: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
KeywordsAstronomy / Astrology / Meteor / Comet / Providence of Tian / Symptom / Prognostication / Zai-yi (災異) theory
Research Abstract

This research is based on the records of the prognostications generated from the records of the observations on comets and meteors. It supplements a series of researches that have revealed the relations of ancient Chinese astronomy and the politics of the prognostications. It tends to illustrate that ancient Chinese prognostication stimulated the development of the politics and the society, and reevaluate the realistic significance of Dong Zhongshu's "Zai-yi theory" in the history of ancient Chinese social theories.
In ancient China, the appearance and disappearance of comets and meteors were the main concerns in the persistent agitation caused by the irregular movements of the Five Planets. Ancient rulers could not help paying special attention on such astronomical phenomenon because at that time, it was believed that there existed an interaction between the nature and human society and the Heaven showed on the sky its reactions to the politic of the human world. This is also coinciden … More t with the fact that astronomy was developed as national astrology rather than as a scientific field in ancient China.
It is commonly acknowledged that "Zai-yi theory", advocated by Dong Zhongshu as the antithesis of Confucianism which had been legitimized as the national religion, has imposed great impacts on Chinese society since Han. However, "Zai-yi theory" could not have been fully believed and widely adopted in society only with its literature. Understanding the literature of a theory does not necessarily lead to the recognition of thistheory. For the rulers, a theory could not attract them until it could make plausible connection between and provide convincing explanations of the mysterious astronomical phenomenon and the political and social events in the real world.
However, at the end of the East Han, while "Chen-wei theory" was flourishing and "Zai-yi theory" was losing its original critical spirit, new prognostications on the appearance of comets and meteors carried on the critical spirit of "Zai-yi theory". It served as an alarm bell for human society, just as how the "prognostications" attending the Five Planets had functioned. Less

Report

(4 results)
  • 2001 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2000 Annual Research Report
  • 1999 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (23 results)

All Other

All Publications (23 results)

  • [Publications] 串田久治: "古代中国の彗星予言(後)"中国研究集刊. 第29号. 47-64 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 串田久治: "古代中国の彗星予言(前)"中国研究集刊. 第28号. 29-45 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 串田久治: "予言に託す変革の精神"アジア遊学. No.29. 4-13 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 串田久治: "儒教と予言"加地伸行編『儒教の本』. 136-146 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 串田久治: "古代中国の「予言」"創文. 29-31 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 串田久治: "古代中国における五惑星と政治的予言の研究-科学としての天文学と社会思想史の接点"平成9・10年度科学研究費補助金基盤研究(C)研究成果報告書. 1-89 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 串田久治: "中國古代の「謠」と「予言」"創文社(東洋學叢書). 346 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hisaharu KUHSIDA: "Prognostications Based on Comets in Ancient China II"Bulletin of Chinese Studies. No.29. 47-64 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hisaharu KUHSIDA: "Prognostications Based on Comets in Ancient China I"Bulletin of Chinese Studies. No.28. 29-45 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hisaharu KUHSIDA: "The Spirit of Reform in Prognostications"Intriguing ASIA (Bensey Publishing), No.29, "The Power of Prophecy". 4-13 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hisaharu KUHSIDA: "Confucianism and Prognostication"Books Esoterica (Gakken), No.26 Nobuyuki Kaji ed., "The Book of Confucianism". 138-146 (2001)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hisaharu KUHSIDA: "Prognostications in Ancient China"Sobun (Sobunsha). No.417. 29-31 (2000)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hisaharu KUHSIDA: "Research on Poritical Prognostication Based on The Appearance of The Five Planets : Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Venus, and Marcury in Ancient China"The Final Report of Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research c, from '97 to -'98. 1-89 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hisaharu KUHSIDA: "Socil Thoughts in Ancient China Based on the Yao 謠 and Prognostication"Sobunsha Tokyo, ORIENTAL STUDIES LIBRARY. No.49. 1-346 (1999)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2001 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 串田久治: "古代中国の彗星予言(後)"中国研究集刊. 第29号. 47-64 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 串田久治: "古代中国の彗星予言(前)"中国研究集刊. 第28号. 29-45 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 串田久治: "予言に託す変革の精神"アジア遊学. No.29. 4-13 (2001)

    • Related Report
      2001 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 串田久治: "古代中国の「予言」"創文. No.417. 29-31 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 串田久治: "儒教と予言"儒教の本(学習研究社). 134-144 (2000)

    • Related Report
      2000 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 串田久治: "古代中国における五惑星と政治的予言の研究-科学としての天文学と社会思想史の接点"平成9・10年度科学研究費補助金基盤研究(C)研究成果報告書. 1-89 (1999)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 串田久治: "中國古代の「謠」と「予言」"創文社. 1-346 (1999)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 串田久治: "古代中国の「予言」"創文. No.417. 29-31 (2000)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 串田久治: "劉向『新序』訳註(十)"愛媛国語国文. 第49巻. 88-97 (1999)

    • Related Report
      1999 Annual Research Report

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