The Formation of the Study of Shushu 術數 and Its Development in the Middle Ages : A Tentative Study of a Field of Scientific Study Peculiar to East Asia(<Special Issue>New Perspectives in the History of East Asian Science)

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• Natural science in East Asia formed a unique field of study called the study of shushu, which consisted of various fields of natural science and divinations derived from the Yijing 易經. Though the study of shushu is a field peculiar to East Asia where people want to evaluate the essence of the scientific culture of East Asia properly, it seems indispensable to grasp its structure and historical development. In this paper, the process of transformation of fangshu 方術 in the pre-Qin period into shushu caused by the great thought revolution occurring in the period of Han period and its development in the Middle Ages are discussed. In particular, the origin of the theory of yinyang 陰陽 and the five phases that is the theoretical basis of the study of shushu is studied using materials excavated recently in China. Using the texts preserved in Japan seen in the Wuxing Dayi 五行大義 and the Ishinpo 醫心方, the development of the theory of yinyang and five phases in the Middle Ages and its theoretical characteristics are discussed.

• 2008-03-31

著者

• Takeda Tokimasa

  Institute For Research In Humanities Kyoto University

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• The Formation of the Study of Shushu 術數 and Its Development in the Middle Ages : A Tentative Study of a Field of Scientific Study Peculiar to East Asia(New Perspectives in the History of East Asian Science)

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