China has had astronomical records from very early on. The scholar George Hale wrote: "The observation of sunspots by Chinese preceded that of the West by 2000 years, and moreover accurate and reliable records were kept continuously by successive generations."
中國很早就有天文觀測的紀錄，以研究太陽聞名於世的美籍科學家海爾博士，在其著作「宇宙的深淵」中寫著：「中國古人對太陽黑子的觀測，超前西方二千年，且歷代記載不絕，精確可信。」