中国古代特殊天象研究——以太白昼见为例

项目名称： 中国古代特殊天象研究——以太白昼见为例

项目编号： No.11203047

项目类型： 青年科学基金项目

立项/批准年度： 2013

项目学科： 天文学、地球科学

项目作者： 黎耕

作者单位： 中国科学院国家天文台

项目金额： 24万元

中文摘要： "太白昼见"因其不太容易发生，因此被视为中国古代一种特殊的天象记录，在占星中具有不祥的预兆。在汉代至唐代的二十四史中就记载了二百多次太白昼见的记录，其中有些还包括了金星入宿的记载，使得其部分可验。根据19世纪的记载，在金星凌日前后曾经出现连续的太白昼见现象。金星凌日每243年发生一次，而2012年6月6日将迎来本世纪最后一次金星凌日，因此本项目将通过对太白昼见的历史文献研究、天文计算研究以及实际观测，探讨这一天象记录的天文及文化意义。

中文关键词： 特殊天象；太白昼见；；；

英文摘要： Tai bai zou jian - Venus seen during the Day was considered in ancient China as one of the most inauspicious celestial events that had political significance. From the 3rd to the 6th centuries, the Chinese recorded about 240 such events, and astrologers made associations between them and some political events. This was also a period when the Chinese astronomers paid a lot of attention to the planetary motions in the making of calendar. By the end of the 6th century, the unevenness of planetary motions was discovered and taken into account in calendar-making, producing new calendars that gave much more accurate calculation of planetary movements. In this study our research questions are: How reliable are these records of "Venus seen during the day"? Were they actual observations, or as some suggest, were their fabrications for political purposes? To answer these questions we propose to make a detailed historical investigation and astronomical analysis of these records.

英文关键词： celestial phenomena；Venus seen during the day；；；