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( ) 《自然科学史研究》　第19 卷　第 4 期 2000 年 : 352—382 . 19　 . 4 (2000) S tud ies in the H istory of N atu ral S ciences V o l N o See ing the Appearances: Ecl iptic and Equa tor in the Ea stern Han Chr istopher Cullen (S chool of O riental and A f rican S tud ies, U niversity of L ond on , G reat B ritain ) 　　 　 . , Abstract T h is paper sets ou t to fu lfil a num ber of task s F irstly as I hope w ill be accep tab le in an issue of th is jou rnal dedicated to the m em o ry of Jo seph , N eedham it attem p ts to u se evidence from Ch ina to re w rite a sm all part of the early h isto ry of astronom ical though t and p ractice in a com parative and global . con tex t T h is is desirab le becau se the Ch inese evidence is fu ll and detailed at . crucial po in ts w here the reco rd from the ancien t W est is relatively sparse Secondly, it aim s to draw atten tion to som e of the condition s under w h ich techn ical innovation w as po ssib le — o r som etim es im po ssib le — in particu lar . in stitu tional and po litical settings T here