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

Birth in 1626 in Wujiang 吳江

Membership of Pan Chengzhang 潘檉章 in the group of Ming loyalists

Study of different intercalary years and the placements of the intercalary months: wuzi (1648), gengyin (1650), gengsi (1653), jihai (1659), xinchou (1661), renyin (1662)

Group of Ming loyalists engaged by Pan Chengzhang 潘檉章 to write the history of the Ming after the Qing conquest.

Ming shi ji had Pan Chengzhang as its main author.

Pan Chengzhang (1626-1663) was good friends with Wang Xichan and enlisted him to contribute to his history of the Ming. Wang compiled the tables and the treatise on astronomy

Composition of Xin chou li bian by Pan Chengzhang

Pan Chengzhang quotes from Yao dian in his Xinchou li bian 辛丑曆辨 . Refers to Emperor Yao giving orders to Xi He 羲和

Pan Chengzhang quotes from the Zuo zhuan in his Xinchou li bian 辛丑曆辨. The passage is in the first year of Duke Wen 文公.

Death in 1663.

Younger brother of Pan Chengzhang was Pan Lei, also studied the calendar

Appearance of Pan Lei's name under Pan Chengzhang in Chou ren zhuan, i.e. they are included in the same biography.