Book/Printed Material Ge zhi cao : liu juan 格致草 : 六卷 /
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Title
- Ge zhi cao : liu juan
Other Title
- 格致草 : 六卷 /
Summary
- The section concerning astronomy in the text was printed shortly after the introduction of Western astronomy to China; volume 1 concerned the principles of movement of stars; volume 2 introduced the orbits of the sun, moon, planets and stars; volume 3 concerned calendars; volumes 4 and 5 analyzed natural changes, natural disasters and strange phenomena based on Western theories; volume 6 concerned universal development and harmony; reviewed by nine colleagues of the author; completed ca. 1615; printed ca. fifty years later, during the Sunzhi Period (1638-1661); the maps were printed in 1638; the depiction of the Western cannon is an indication that the item was published during the Kangxi Period (1662-1722).
Names
- Xiong, Mingyou, 1579-1649, zhu.
- Xiong, Renlin, jin shi 1637.
- Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress).
Created / Published
- [China : s.n.], Qing Shunzhi 5 nian [1648]
Notes
- - Also available in digital form.
- - 二冊,與《地緯》合裝一函. Two volumes, with maps, in one case.
- - 清順治五年潭陽書林熊志學《函宇通》刻本. Woodblock print carved in 1648, based on the version of 'Han yu tong' by Xiong Zhixue.
- - 《格致草》九行十八字 小字雙行十八字; 《地緯》八行十八字. Ge zhi cao, text, nine lines, with eighteen characters per line, and small characters in paired lines of eighteen characters per line; Di wei, maps, eight lines, with eighteen characters per line.
- - 格致草 六卷 清順治間刻函宇通本 二冊與地緯合裝一函 九行十八字。 原題:「進賢熊明遇良孺著。」明遇萬曆二十九年進士,官止南京工部尚書。事蹟具明史卷二百五十七本傳。孜建陽縣志流庽傳有明遇傳,稱:「明季明遇父子避閩,寓崇泰里熊屯,五載回籍盡節死。」按是書節度定紀節:「今歲戊子,避地潭陽山中」云云,則入閩蓋在清順治五年,若建陽縣志之言為可信,是順治十年明遇方還原籍,應亦壽考人矣。天學初函本天問略,題友人熊明遇等九人校閱,是明遇與陽瑪諾為友,且校閱其所著書。於四學有直傳,故是書詆周子愚以「天老日行遲陽漸衰」釋歲差,為「拘世儒腐說」也。是書凡分六卷五十六節,凡一百八十五葉,其分六卷者,以卷內所標書題知之。卷一論天地運行定理。卷二記天體日月星辰軌度。卷三論曆並辨古說之不經者。卷四卷五依西洋科學原理,辨析自然界變化,與歷史上所載災異,如風雲雷雨之所由成,「天河探穀價」按此指七夕天河何以光澹之傳說。「塔放光」之何以故。卷六論天地之所由成,大造畸說一節,全述上帝六日造成天地之事,而謂為「畸說」,則以明遇信四士之科學,而存疑其宗教理論也。每節之後,附載中土先賢論說,其有與西說合者,題曰格言考信;其不合科學原理者,題曰渺論存疑蓋自萬曆間西士以天算之說入中國,國人真能融會貫通者,徐李王徵數輩,允屬先驅;熊氏父子,以教外人而遊其教中,以科學頭腦而習其科學,所得之深,有非餘子之所能及者。祗以其書不傳,致姓氏未列疇人傳內。卷端有潭陽書林熊志學序云: 「格致草初名則草,成於萬曆時,後廣之為今書,刻於華日樓,海內宗之。而分至金水諸論,則今戊子考測乃定。」按列象恒論自注云:「余向著則草」,又氣行變化演說自注云:「偶於篋中得二十五年前一舊稿,蓋需次給事之命,閒暇中與四方諸儒極其推論者。」孜明遇擢兵科給事中在萬曆四十三年,蓋已始撰則草,直至崇禎曆書頒行,始稍稍寫定。順治初避地潭陽,又增入數事,歷五十年而後成書。熊志學以與其子人霖所撰地緯合刻,格致草言天,地緯言地,故題日函宇通。志學所作序,文頗爾雅,不似書林中人;疑以避地,遂記之云爾。熊志學函宇通序順治五年 (1648),自序.
- - 地緯 一卷 清順治間刻函宇通本 二冊與 格致草 合裝一函 八行十八字。 原題:「進賢熊人霖伯甘著。」按進賢縣志:「人霖字伯甘,明遇子。崇禎十年進士,官至太常寺少卿。」是書禁書總目違碍書目並著錄。據自序,初刻於崇禎十一年,此是翻本,如紅夷砲改作紅彝砲,頁八十一。則疑為康熙間刷印時所改者矣。凡例後題:「天啟甲子歲著於竹里」,李之藻校刻職方外紀之次年也。全書凡八十四篇,十之八鈔撮外紀,十之二採自四夷館孜東西洋孜等書。人霖不諳譯音,所删所補,未能盡確,其學識蓋在乃父下。如既據外紀撰則意蘭志,又於荒服諸小國載錫蘭山,不知則意蘭即錫蘭。荒服諸小國既忽魯漠斯,又載忽魯母思。既依外紀在歐洲撰拂郎察志稱:「世所傳弗郎機,名從主人」云云,又依明季人著述,在亞洲撰佛郎機志。若斯之類,皆由未能豁然貫通。然因其所託者厚,較明季人此類者述,猶能較勝一等也。自序.
Medium
- 2 v. : ill., maps
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2012402250
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