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LIFE AND ASTRONOMICAL CONTRIBUTION OF SONG, I-YEONG

송이영(宋以頴)의 생애와 천문업적

  • Received : 2018.05.03
  • Accepted : 2018.12.17
  • Published : 2018.12.31
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Abstract

Song, I-Yeong (1619 ~ ?) was an active astronomer in the Joseon dynasty at the era of adopting the Shixian-li, Chinese calendar in Qing dynasty. His astronomical contribution was recorded in Annals of the Joseon Dynasty, Diary of the Royal Secretariat, Comparative Review of Records and Documents-Its Revision and Enlargement, and Treatise on the Bureau of Astronomy. In addition the details on his life and works were found at the genealogies of the Song Family from Yeonan and the Kim Family from Seonsan. His major astronomical activities can be summarized in three items. First, as a specialist astronomer, he has attempted to make a systematic observation of two comets. Second, he designed and fabricated the Jamyeong-jong, the weight-powered armillary clock, which became a typical model of the astronomical clock in the Joseon dynasty. Last, he served as a royal astronomical professor, greatly contributing on implementing the Shixian-li. Song has concentrated on performing astronomical duties for his royal official service time. Song is regarded as an important astronomer who made it possible to enforce the Shixian-li until the late Joseon dynasty.

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Fig. 1. Family tree of Song I-Yeong.

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Fig. 2. commutative roster of diurnal and nocturnal observation.

Table 1. Office position and astronomical activity of Song I-Yeong (The Daily Records of Royal Secretariat of Joseon Dynasty).

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Table 2. Observer list for the comet appeared in 1661 (KMA, 2013)

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