Gan De quotes
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“Every 12 years Jupiter returns to the same position in the sky; every 370 days it disappears in the fire of the Sun in the evening to the west, 30 days later it reappears in the morning to the east...[Observation in 4th century B.C.]”
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“In the year of chan yan..., Jupiter was in [the Zodiacal Division of] Zi, it rose in the morning and went under in the evening together with the Lunar Mansions Xunu, Xu and Wei. It was very large and bright. Apparently, there was a small reddish (chi) star appended (fu) to its side. This is called "an alliance" (tong meng).”
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“Jupiter was very large and bright. Apparently, there was a small reddish star appended to its side. This is called "an alliance."”
-- Gan De
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“Now, of my threescore years and ten, Twenty will not come again.”
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Source : A. J. Jacobs (2004). “The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World”, p.56, Simon and Schuster
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“Anyone who sees and paints a sky green and fields blue ought to be sterilized.”
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“Lustre of man walking proud beneath the sky diminishes to nothing and goes unregarded.”