格致鏡原 (Gezhi Jingyuan: Mirror of Scientific Origins) 100 Volumes

...energy is hidden and vast. Dome means the shape is curved and vaulted. Han Shu, Ritual and Music Treatise: "Only the Great Origin is honored." Shi Gu's annotation: The Great Origin is Heaven. Hou Han Shu, Lang Yi's memorial states: The Great Brightness is pleased and harmonious; thunder sounds, and it issues forth. Annotation: The Great Brightness is Heaven. Cai Yong's Chen Taiqiu stele: Enveloping the purity of the Spiritual Luminosity. Annotation: Spiritual Luminosity refers to Heaven. Shu Xi's "Supplement to the Lost Poems": Vast is the Great Round. Lü Xiang's annotation: The Great Round is Heaven. Yan Yannian's "Elegy for the Empress": The circular essence first glimmers. Annotation: Circular essence is Heaven. Yan Yannian's "Qu Shui Poem Preface": Thinking of responding to the heart of the Upper Spirit. Liu Liang's annotation: The Upper Spirit is Heaven. Xie Zhuang's "Ode to the Moon": The circular spirit is a water mirror. Li Shan's annotation: The Circular Spirit is Heaven. Shuyuan Ji: The Xiongnu call Heaven 'Qilian'; people of the Western Regions call it 'Deva'.

Armillary Sphere: Han Xianfu's Preface to the Armillary Sphere Laws and Images: Since Fuxi established the Armillary Sphere, he measured the height of the North Pole, weighed the length of the sun's shadow, determined the south, north, east, and west, and observed the width of the spaces between the stars. Liu's Calendar Rectification: Zhuanxu created the Armillary Sphere, and the Yellow Emperor created the Canopy Heaven, all using the heavenly images as a cover. In the Chunqiu Wenyaogou, it states: When Tang Yao ascended the throne, Xi and He established the Armillary Sphere. Zhang Junqing's Qunshu Kaosuo: The Book of Yu says Shun examined the Jade Pivot and Jade Balance to regulate the Seven Administrators. The Jade Pivot is the Armillary Sphere. The Armillary Sphere is the true standard of Heaven and Earth's creation and the origin of Yin and Yang's established numbers. Since the ancient sagely emperors and enlightened kings, none did not use it. Therefore, the heavenly images were precise and detailed. Thus, in the Former Han there was Luo Xiahong's Armillary Sphere, in the Eastern Han there was Zhang Heng's Armillary Sphere, in the Wu dynasty there was Wang Fan's Armillary Sphere, in the Jin dynasty there was Lu Ji's Armillary Sphere, in the Yuanjia period of the Song there was Qian Lezhi's Armillary Sphere, in the Zhenguan period of the Tang there was Li Chunfeng's Armillary Sphere, and in the Kaiyuan period there was Liang Lingzan's Ecliptic Wandering Sphere. Among them, the most precise and detailed were the Han's Zhang Heng and the Tang's Li Chunfeng, which can be examined. Jin Shu, Astronomical Treatise: Ancient speakers of the body of Heaven had three schools. First is the Zhou Bi, second is the Xuan Ye, and third is the Huntian. Cai Yong said the study of Xuan Ye was cut off and had no master's method; the Zhou Bi calculates the numbers and its...