Author’s reconstruction of Zheng Xuan’s Big Shoot target dimensions and heights as detailed in Kong Yingda and Jia Gongyan’s subcommentaries (1 chi = 10 cun)

Daniel Patrick Morgan (1)

1 SPHERE (UMR_7219) - Sciences, Philosophie, Histoire

Author’s reconstruction of Zheng Xuan’s Big Shoot target dimensions and heights as detailed in Kong Yingda and Jia Gongyan’s subcommentaries (1 chi = 10 cun). Note that the World Archery Federation regulation 70 m (≈ 50 racoon-dog pace) butt is provided in the lower left corner for the sake of comparison (scaled at 1 chi = 23.1 cm) and that the heights of individual components are provided on the right for the sake of visualising Kong Yingda and Jia Gongyan’s respective proofs. Note that the dimensions of the ‘stalks’ include those of the protruding ‘tongues’.

Mots clés: Archery; History of mathematics; Confucian classics; Ritual; Commentary

Domaines: Histoire, Philosophie et Sociologie des sciences

Daniel Patrick Morgan. Author’s reconstruction of Zheng Xuan’s Big Shoot target dimensions and heights as detailed in Kong Yingda and Jia Gongyan’s subcommentaries (1 chi = 10 cun). Illustration. Paris-14E-Arrondissement, France. 2017. ⟨medihal-01687939⟩