The Basic Research On Meteorological Literature In Ancient China

The meteorological literature in ancient China is an important part of the ancient Chinese scientific literature. People began to pay attention to astronomical observations and summary early because weather was closely related to people's production and life. Official weather observations in ancient China had gradually become the mainstream of meteorological observations since the start of Yellow emperor. The literature formed by official weather observations turned into the principal part of the literature of ancient weather.The meteorological literature in ancient China experienced fore stages: germination, formation and improvement, development in slowly, inheritance and concussion. The official weather literature had become prominently among the four stages. Civil and religious weather literature also had been gradually incorporated into the control of official. From Chunqiu to Qinhan dynasties, The meteorological literature in ancient China had gradually become a integrated system. Ming and Qing dynasties had become the mature stage of the meteorological literature in ancient China and also impacted by technology culture of western.According to the publishing form of meteorological literature, The meteorological literature in ancient China was divided into books and archives. Books were the main types of the meteorological literature in ancient China. Every dynasty found this formation. The more close to Qing dynasty, the more styles of meteorological literature. The meteorological archives mainly were not published and used by interior, including official weather observations and private weather observations.The formers of the meteorological literature in ancient China were diverse, including official scientists, folk scientists and religious scientists. The meteorological literature's amount and conservation recorded and trimmed by official scientists exceeded others because of its deep treatment of politics, finance and society. The meteorological literature were formed a strict management system ruling regulation including meteorological agency, observation personnel, data reality, data veracity, the management of data and punishment of tell. Although the meteorological literature in ancient China having the privacy, every dynasty attached importance to the application of the meteorological literature. All of this made the meteorological literature blend with politics, military, medicine and swing.