Appedix Two-Contents of English

Preface

Contents of Volume One

Brief Introduction of Volume One

Part One: Foundation Studies

Chapter 1 Phenological Calendars

Chapter 2 Origin of Jia Calendar and Its Relations with Yueming, Suiyang and Yueyang

1.Preliminary Analysis on Character Meanings & Ancient Phonology of Heavenly Stems, Suiyang, Yueyang, Yueming

2.Pronunciation Analysis of Heavenly Stems, Suiyang, Yueyang and Yueming

3.Phonological Affinity within Paired Sets of Heavenly Stems, Suiyang and Yueming

4.Correlation between Yueyang & Suiyang and Preliminary Study on Yueyang & Chu Silk Manuscript Yueming

5.Preliminary Analysis on Astral Origin of Yueyang Nomenclature

6.Brief Analysis on the Evolution of Heavenly Stems

Chapter 3 Stargazing Time and Observational Coordinate System of Gaitian Theory

1.Innate Coordinate System based on Heliacal Rising & North Pole-oriented Acquired Coordinate System Evolved from Heliacal Setting in Gaitian Theory

2.Construction of Astronomical Observation Methods and Basic Mathematical Models of Ancient Gaitian Theory — Establishment and Schematic Diagrams of Innate Coordinate System, Acquired Coordinate System and Mingtang Coordinate System

3.Analysis of Star Charts of Marquis Yi of Zeng ，Suizhou

4.Study on Astronomical Connotations of Star Charts in Puyang Clam-shell Tomb

5.A Study on the Calendar and Star Diagrams of Chu Silk Manuscript and Their Correlation with Doujian

Chapter 4 Summary of Foundation Studies