ARTICLES

• New Research on the Junshu,a Branch of Mathematics in the Early Period of Ancient China
• ZOU Dahai
• Junshu(均输, lit. equality-based transport) was an important branch of mathematics in ancient China, and is specifically disc...
• 2020, 39 (4): 395-424

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• Dog Sacrifice and the Battle against Epidemics: Recalling Fighting Epidemics Prior to the Qin Dynasty
• LIU Siliang
• From the Shang Dynasty to modern times the Chinese people have had the custom of sacrificing dogs (known as “splitting dogs”), a p...
• 2020, 39 (4): 425-438

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• A Study on the Moveable Parts Technology of Bronze Chariots Unearthed from the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum
• YANG Huan
• During the Chinese Bronze Age, the use of moveable parts technology in bronze items was very rare, and thus there has been little ...
• 2020, 39 (4): 439-452

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• The Structure and Role of the Trace (Yin )Harness Component of the Bronze Chariots and Horses in the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum
• ZHOU Moxuan
• The bronze chariots and horses unearthed from the Qin Shihuang Mausoleum have dispelled much of the vague uncertainties surroundin...
• 2020, 39 (4): 453-466

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• Sumai or Xuanmai: Comments on Winter and Spring Wheat Planting Prior to the Han Dynasty
• DU Xinhao
• Wheat can be divided into winter wheat and spring wheat according to different sowing times. Previous studies have tended to consi...
• 2020, 39 (4): 467-475

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• Double Impressions of the Ancient Observatory in the Eyes of Europeans in the 1870s and 1880s
• CHEN Zhihui
• From the early Ming to the early Qing, traditional Chinese astronomical instruments and Europeanized instruments made by the Jesui...
• 2020, 39 (4): 476-490

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• The Taxonomy of Chinese Trees and the Early Development of Chinese Forestry: From the Perspectives of Knowledge Transition and Localization
• SHAO Hua
• Forestry science gradually disseminated into China from the late 19^th century. In order to develop, it had to face the ...
• 2020, 39 (4): 491-503

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• The Visit to the Soviet Union by the Delegation from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1953
• GUO Jinhai
• A delegation from the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) visited the Soviet Union for nearly three months in 1953. Both China and t...
• 2020, 39 (4): 504-527

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