Re: my previous post about powers of 10 units as recorded in the
Ming dynasty text of " 皇极经世易通变."
I wonder if there is an "official" translation for the title
of this particular "text"(?). "encyclopedia"(?" or "what ???".
I am in the process of adding a section to my web page
with the heading of " A potpurri". One of the topic
would be "Nomenclature of Powers of Ten Units in Ancient China" (Hmmm.. once again
claiming subtly that China got a system before anyone
else!)
Thanks once again.
Sorry, no red envelopes for your efforts !
恭喜发财, 利是(红包) 递来!
ds
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- half of the answer - hz 20000202192557
- Thanks and here's something for you. - ds 20000202223322
- Haha! It made me really happy! :-) Many thanks, and take care! - hz 20000203103519
- could be the same book... - ds 20000203210535
- Thanks for clarifying! - hz 20000203232546
- Thanks for clarifying! - hz 20000203232546
- could be the same book... - ds 20000203210535
- Haha! It made me really happy! :-) Many thanks, and take care! - hz 20000203103519
- Thanks and here's something for you. - ds 20000202223322
half of the answer
作者：hz - 2000/02/02 19:25:57 ***陈荣捷(Wing-tsit Chan)先生在所著A Sourse Book in Chinese Philosophy (Princeton, 1963)中，将(宋)
邵雍先生重要著作“皇极经世书”英译为Supreme Principles Governing the World，可谓经典译法。
后也有人大约为明白起见，在前面加上The Book of。此书就是谈易谈数。猜测您讲的“易通变”
若是明人著作，也许是对康节先生此书的注疏一类。如果知道作者名，可能会较容易找到定译。
而如果您的引文在原书中已有的话，那中国人的这个“发明”岂不又提早了几百年！万岁！:-)
顺便向您恭祝新春！
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Thanks and here's something for you.
作者：ds - 2000/02/02 22:33:22 ***
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Haha! It made me really happy! :-) Many thanks, and take care!
作者：hz - 2000/02/03 10:35:19 ***[ 回应此贴 | 查看原贴 ]
could be the same book...
作者：ds - 2000/02/03 21:05:35 ***I might have inadvertently misled you and others when I posted
my message about that Powers of 10 message. I went looking for
the little piece of magazine clipping I had and , upon
reading it over again, realized that I had previously misquoted it.
In a foot note (which I never look at !!!), it says " the Ming
author Fei Wan Kai transcripted it as"皇极经世 通变.". And in
the aritcle it mentioned that the system of numbers was originally
contained in (易 通变. ). I have a feeling that the" 皇极经世易通变."
"transciption" is a transcription of this early Sung Dynasty work
you mentioned.
Just to be on the safe side, I put down, in my page, that
the Ming dynasty work is a transcription of an earlier work and
the origin of the system may be as far back as the Sung Dynasty,
somewhere around Y1K !
Thanks again.
ds
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Thanks for clarifying!
作者：hz - 2000/02/03 23:25:46 ***I might be able to do some research on this, in order for you to claim without reservation that we Chinese have indeed had a complete set of characters for those astronomical numbers since 1K years ago! :-) Again, however, I need some time and have to ask for your patience. 受人压岁，忠人之事:-)；吃完饺子，明年交卷！:-)
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