Research On The Astronomical Control Of The Northern Song Dynasty

The culture of astrological divination was controlled by rulers in Chinese dynasties,which become the tool of imperial power and political.It is both the profound historical roots and a complicated background to the astronomical control of the Northern Song dynasty.The policy of the astronomical control has been more perfected than the previous generation.The interaction astronomical calendar and political,on the one hand,Astronomical observation produces a great effect in Political operation and military struggle f,on the other hand,the political power caused the interference to the establish process of astronomical calendar knowledge.The content of astronomical control covers the whole area of knowledge of astronomy and the learning group,the tools,the policies of astronomical control has been perfected on the basic of the previous generation.Rulers through strict astronomical control management measures,has made a restriction to bureaucratic scholars and the public,and through the specification,perfecting the astronomical organizations achieve the goal of exclusive astronomical knowledge.The status quo of astronomical monopoly in the northern song affects the national political decision-making and the various fields of social life.From the army major to the diplomatic etiquette,the political reform to school education and the scholar-bureaucrat politics to the festival life of the common people,are all affected by the astronomical control of lasting and deep.However,although astronomical control help to maintain and consolidate the regime's stability in a certain extent,but inevitably caused a very negative effect on the development of astronomy,it is the main reason in the song dynasty why its astronomy have a lagged behind with other academic fields.In terms of its nature,this kind of academic monopoly with a serious political color is a kind of brainwashing policy,it was out of place to the highly developed culture of the northern song dynasty and the original of govern the country by language.