Treatise on Astrology of the Kaiyuan Era
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The Treatise on Astrology of the Kaiyuan Era (Chinese: 开元占经; pinyin: Kāiyuán Zhānjīng), also known as the Great Tang Treatise on Astrology of the Kaiyuan Era in the full title, is a Chinese astrology encyclopedia compiled by the lead editor Gautama Siddha and a numerous of scholars from 714 to 724 during the Kaiyuan era of Tang Dynasty. The book is divided in to 120 volumes and consisted of about 600,000 words. The compilation of writings had based on many previously astrological and divination materials, and probably a similar classic known as the Yisizhan, compiled by Li Chunfeng approximately in 645. It incorporated many fragments works, including the star catalogues of Shi Shen and Gan De, and contained a translated version of Navagraha calendar under the chapter of 104.
The manuscript had started to fade away in copies since the 10th century, but was over again received a special attention by scholar Cheng Mingshan in 1616 and was later included in the Siku Quanshu collections.
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- Bai Shouyi et al (1989). A Comprehensive History of China vol. 10. Shanghai: Shanghai Renmin Chubanshe, 2,008-2,009. ISBN 7-208-04997-1.
- Liu Shaojun (1992). Studies of the Chinese Mystical Cutlure Series : Comment and Review on the Ancient Astrology. Beijing: Beijing Normal University Press, 107-111. ISBN 7-303-01790-9.
