Sui and Tang · Astronomer and Writer

Dan Yuanzi 丹元子

Dān Yuánzǐ

Attested AD 581 - AD 618

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Dan Yuanzi was an Astronomer and Writer.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 581 to AD 618 隋
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 28, passage 28

Places and affiliations

Polity Sui 隋 · Relation Lived under
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 28, passage 28

Works and attributed material

Steps to Heaven Song 步天歌
Relation Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 28, passage 28
Steps to Heaven Song 步天歌
Relation Author
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 28, passage 28

Events and relationships

Composed star song
Scholarly · Author · Outcome 1,467 stars across Three Enclosures and twenty-eight mansions 三垣二十八宿，共一千四百六十七星
Directly stated · Draft History of Qing 28, passage 28

References in the histories

Draft History of Qing, Chapter 28Volume 28 Treatises 3: Astronomy 3, Sun, Moon, and the Five Planets, Fixed Stars, Yellow and Red Paths, the Twelve Stations, and Lunar Lodges, Hun Dan Zhong Xing · 1 passage

隋丹元子作步天歌，敘三垣二十八宿，共一千四百六十七星，為觀象之津梁，然尚未有各星經緯度數。 Dan Yuanzi's Steps to Heaven Song (Sui) listed the Three Enclosures and Twenty-eight Mansions—1,467 stars—as a sky-watcher's guide, but gave no per-star coordinates.