"It is hard to imagine how long it must have taken to build up the body of knowledge needed to execute the comet sketches found in the Han tomb at Mawangdui," says Professor Sun Wei-hsin, who notes that the astronomical records compiled by the Chinese over the centuries have been very helpful in later attempts to understand the mysteries of the universe.
「要累積多長時間才能畫得出馬王堆的彗星圖，很難想像，」孫維新指出，中國長期累積的天文記錄，對後世瞭解宇宙奧秘有相當意義。