Supplemental ancient Chinese meteor, meteorite fall and comet records with Zhongguo gudai tianxiang jilu zongji (1)

Abstract

Zhongguo guidai tianxiang jilu zongji pressed in 1988 containes ancient Chinese astronomical records including that of meteor, meteorite fall and comet until 1911 from the Standard Histories and local gazetteers existed in China. On the other hand, many local gazetteers lost in China at present have been collected in university and public libraries in Japan. Especially the library of Chinese section in the Research Institute for Humanistic Studies in Kyoto University and the Oriental Library in Tokyo have big collection. This presentation will give a few dozens supplemential ancient records with that big book from local gazetteers in above mentioned libraries.