Research on Calendar from Qin to Early Han Dynasty
by Li Zhonglin
About This Novel
Based on the unearthed calendar materials, a systematic study was made on the calendar from the first year of the Qin Dynasty (246 BC) to the time when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty changed the calendar. Different calendars were used to determine that this period was divided into three stages. The starting and ending times of the three stages are: the first year of Qin Wang Zheng's reign to December of the fifth year of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty (206 BC), the first month of the fifth year of Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty to the sixteenth year of the first year of Emperor Wen (164 BC), and the first year of the first year of Emperor Wen's first year (163 BC) to the first year of Taichu of Emperor Wu (104 BC). The calendars of the three periods have the same year-end correction, leap setting rules, and solar term algorithms, but there are obvious differences in the starting points of the synodic months. This reflects the basic situation of the calendar reform at that time, and based on this, the "calendar day after tomorrow" in this period is discussed.
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