西夏天文历法述论

在西夏对宇宙起源和宇宙结构的认识中 ,有党项羌本民族的看法 ,有中国古代的宇宙学说 ,还受到佛教的影响。西夏对太阳、月球、五大行星、彗星、流星的运行 ,以及对除太阳外的众多恒星的认识 ,与中原地区是一脉相承的。早期党项羌人有物候历 ,西夏人更有丰富的物候知识。党项羌人有自己的历法 ,但是没有得到进一步的发展。西夏主要使用宋朝的历法 ,也有使用佛历和藏历的情况。其占星术与中原地区一致 ,但更受到重视。

Discussion on Astronomical Almanac in XiXia

Understanding of the origin and structure of universe in XiXia includes the view of Tangut, the universal theories in ancient China and the influence fr om Buddhism. Like Chinese, XiXia's understanding about the movement of the Sun, th e Moon, five planets, comets and meteors as well as their understanging about ma ny other stars. The early Tangut had calendar for phenology and people in XiXia ha d abundant knowledge about phenology. They had got their own calendar, but did n ot develop further. Tangut mainly used calendar of Song Dynasty, sometimes used calendars of Buddhism and Tibet. They paid more attention to astrology.