Individual itineraries and the circulation of scientific and technical knowledge in East Asia (16th–20th centuries)

Mention of Xu Fa 徐發 as associate of Wang Xichan in connection with the solar eclipse in the 8th month of the xinyou year (1681) 王錫闡

Reference to Xu Fa in Biography of Wang Xichan 王錫闡 in Chou ren zhuan.

Composition of Tu shuo by Xu Fa

Birth of Xu Fa in Jiaxing 嘉興 (Zhejiang)

Composition of Tian yuan li li quan shu by Xu Fa published in 1682; sometimes referred to with shorter title, Tian yuan li li. The work had 11 juan

Reference to the dialogue that occurs between Rong Fang 榮方and Chen Zi 陳子 in Zhou bi suan jing by Xu Fa in hisTian yuan li li quan shu 天元曆理全書

Mention of Zhang Heng in Xu Fa's Tian yuan li li quan shu 天元曆理全書

Mention of the Bamboo Annals (Zhu shu ji nian) in Xu Fa's Tian yuan li li quan shu 天元曆理全書

Mention of Ban Gu's Han shu 漢書 Treatise on the Calendar(Li zhi 曆志) in Xu Fa's Tian yuan li li quan shu 天元曆理全書