校勘古籍,绝非标标点点、罗列版本异同那么简单,需要动用校勘者所积蓄的综合知识。知有不逮,还需大量查阅相关资料与工具书。每种古籍的内容虽有大概范围,但涉及到的知识,则往往是天文地理、人文科技,海阔天空。对于并非专攻科技史的学者来说,古代天文学也是一个望而生畏的领域。不过,不搞天文史的历史学者,在研究时或许可以退避三舍,但校勘古籍却难以规避。以下,找出几则近年来在校勘实践中遇到的例子,都与天文有些关 Collation of ancient books, not standard punctuation, listing similarities and differences so simple, you need to use the collation of accumulated knowledge. Known incompetent, but also a lot of access to relevant information and reference books. Although the content of each ancient book about the scope, but the knowledge involved, it is often astronomy and geography, humanities and science, broad sea of ​​ideas. Ancient astronomy is also a daunting area for academics who do not specialize in the history of science and technology. However, historical scholars who do not engage in astronomical history may be able to shy away from their studies while studying ancient books but find it hard to evade them. In the following, we will find out a few examples encountered in collation practice in recent years, all of which are related to astronomy