Zu Chongzhi (祖沖之)

Overview

The translated histories identify Zu Chongzhi as an astronomer, mathematician, and scientist. This record brings together 10 passages from 2 chapters across 1 history, with names, dates, relationships, offices, and events preserved as source-backed claims.

Names

Type	English	Chinese	Pinyin
Personal	Zu Chongzhi	祖沖之	Zu Chongzhi
Personal	Chongzhi	沖之	Chongzhi
Given	Chongzhi	沖之	Chōngzhī
Surname	Zu	祖	Zǔ
Personal name	Zu Chongzhi	祖沖之	Zǔ Chōngzhī

Identity

Historicity: Historical
Identification: Named
Sex: Male

Sex: male
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:042:s0004, liaoshi:044:s0007

Roles

Astronomer
Mathematician
Scientist

Life and dates

Attested activity

Source Date: Text: 天監九年正月 · Month: 1 · Western Year: AD 510
Explicit · liaoshi:042:s0221
Source Date: Text: 大明 · Western Interval: Start: AD 457 · End: AD 464
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:044:s0007, liaoshi:044:s0009
Source Date: Text: 宋武帝大明六年 · Western Year: AD 462
Explicit · liaoshi:042:s0011
Source Date: Text: 宋武帝大明六年 · Western Year: AD 462
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:042:s0004, liaoshi:042:s0011, liaoshi:042:s0234
Source Date: Text: 梁武帝天監三年 · Western Year: AD 504
Explicit · liaoshi:042:s0220

Family

Immediate source-linked family. Drag to pan, scroll or pinch to zoom, and select a person to open their record.

Parent of Heng (恒)
Kinship Term: son / 子 · Parentage: biological · Subject Role: son · Object Role: father

Places and affiliations

Polity Id: liu-song · Relation: served
Strongly inferred · liaoshi:044:s0007

Works and attributed material

Work: Daming Calendar / 大明曆 · Relation: author
Explicit · liaoshi:044:s0007
Work: Great Brightness Calendar / 大明曆 · Relation: author
Explicit · liaoshi:042:s0011, liaoshi:042:s0234
Work: Jiazi Epoch Calendar / 甲子元曆 · Relation: author
Explicit · liaoshi:042:s0011, liaoshi:042:s0221
Work: Jiazi Origin Calendar / 甲子元曆 · Relation: author
Explicit · liaoshi:044:s0007

Events and relationships

Kind: scholarly · Role: calendar-author · Action: formulated-eclipse-and-intercalation-rules · Statement: Insisted solar eclipses fall on the new moon and allowed an intercalary month as seldom as once in four years
Explicit · liaoshi:044:s0009
Kind: scholarly · Role: presenter · Action: presented-calendar-methods · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 宋武帝大明六年 · Western Year: AD 462
Explicit · liaoshi:042:s0011
Kind: scholarly · Role: calendar-author-adopted · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 天監九年正月 · Month: 1 · Western Year: AD 510
Explicit · liaoshi:042:s0221
Kind: scholarly · Role: calendar-author-continued · Date Context: Source Date: Text: 陳氏因梁，亦用祖沖之歷 · Western Year: AD 510
Explicit event contextual date · liaoshi:042:s0222, liaoshi:042:s0221