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祖沖之
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“臣博訪前墳，遠稽昔典，五帝次，三王交分，《春秋》朔氣，《紀年》薄蝕，談、遷載述，彪、固列志，魏世注歷，晉代《起居》，探異今古，觀要華戎。書契以降，二千餘稔，日月離會之徵，星度疏密之驗。專功耽思，咸可得而言也。加以親量圭尺，躬察儀漏，目盡毫氂，心窮籌筴，考課推移，又曲備其詳矣。”
祖沖之 (429–501) said by 501 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“分至失實，則節閏非正；宿度違天，則伺察無准。臣生屬聖辰，詢逮在運，敢率愚瞽，更創新曆。”
祖沖之 (429–501) said by 501 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“懸象著明，尺表之驗可推；動氣幽微，寸管之候不忒。今臣所立，易以取信。但綜覈始終，大存緩密，革新變舊，有約有繁。用約之條，理不自懼，用繁之意，顧非謬然。”
祖沖之 (429–501) said by 501 at the latest wikiquote:zh, CC BY-SA 4.0 source