Song, Liao, and Jin · Astronomer and Instrument Maker

Han Xianfu 韓顯符

Hán Xiǎnfú

Attested AD 1008

Passages: 1
Chapters: 1
Histories: 1

Overview

Han Xianfu was an Astronomer and Instrument Maker.

Life and dates

Attested activity

AD 1008 真宗祥符初
Directly stated · History of Song 76, passage 10

Places and affiliations

Polity Song 宋 · Relation Served
Dated from the passage context · History of Song 76, passage 10

Events and relationships

Made armillary sphere
AD 1008 祥符初 · Scholarly · Maker
Directly stated · History of Song 76, passage 10

References in the histories

History of Song, Chapter 76Volume 76 Treatises 29: Measures and Calendar 9 · 1 passage

真宗祥符初，韓顯符作渾儀，但遊儀雙環夾望筒旋轉，而黃、赤道相固不動。 Early in the Xiangfu era under Emperor Zhenzong, Han Xianfu built an armillary sphere in which only the pivoting rings gripping the sight-tube could turn, while the ecliptic and equatorial rings remained fixed.