赵元任的中西星名对照工作及其学术史意义探究
An Inquiry into Zhao Yuanren’s Comparative Work of Chinese and Western Star Names and Its Significance in Academic History

赵元任是20世纪初较早注意到中西星名对照工作的中国学者。他于1917年在《科学》杂志上发表《中西星名考》和《中西星名图考》，以图表的形式呈现了1000多颗恒星的中西星名对照结果。赵元任在星表的编排形式上参考了施古德的《星辰考原》，其中中西星名对照数据则几乎全部取自伟烈亚力的《恒星表》。通过对中西星名对照数据的整理，赵元任完成了对中国传统星象知识近代科学化的最初尝试。
Zhao Yuanren was one of the early Chinese scholars who noticed the comparison of star names between China and the West in the early 20th century. In 1917, he published “A Study of Chinese and Western Star Names” and “A Study of Chinese and Western Star Names with Charts” in the magazine “Science”, presenting the comparison results of Chinese and Western star names of more than 1000 stars in the form of charts. Zhao Yuanren referred to Gustaaf Schlegel’s “Uranographie Chinoise” for the arrangement format of the star charts, and the data for the comparison of Chinese and Western star names were almost entirely taken from Alexander Wylie’s “List of Stars”. Through the collation of the comparative data of star names between China and the West, Zhao Yuanren completed the initial attempt at modernizing and scientizing traditional Chinese knowledge of celestial phenomena in modern times.