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Who is the ancient meteorologist?

Lu Shang (about 65438 BC+065438 BC+039 BC-65438 BC+0065438 BC+00 BC), known as Tai in history books, was surnamed Jiang.

The hero of the founding of the Zhou Dynasty was the first military meteorologist with documents to be tested after the legendary history. He emphasized that both conventional tactics and special tactics are inseparable from meteorological conditions, and military commanders and commanders should make full use of meteorological environment and weather changes. His military meteorological thought has a far-reaching influence on later generations. The Taigong Ancient Law, which he created, spread in countries such as Japan and Xue, and played a leading role in the formation of the 24 solar terms.

Guan zhong (? -645 BC), homogeneous.

Guan Zhong's philosophical thought has a simple materialistic tendency. He believes that "spring, summer, autumn and winter, Yin and Yang are connected." He applied meteorological knowledge to land development and agricultural disaster resistance, and formulated drought and flood indicators, stipulated drought and flood grades and tax reduction ratio, which was the earliest in the world. He was good at applying meteorological conditions to military conquest, and put forward the famous political and military viewpoint of "favorable weather, favorable geographical position and harmonious people". Guanzi contains a lot of scientific knowledge about meteorology, astronomy, calendar and agriculture, which is precious in the history of science.