How Long to Read Granting the Seasons

How Long Does it Take to Read Granting the Seasons?

It takes the average reader 11 hours and 14 minutes to read Granting the Seasons by Nathan Sivin

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

China’s most sophisticated system of computational astronomy was created for a Mongol emperor who could neither read nor write Chinese, to celebrate victory over China after forty years of devastating war. This book explains how and why, and reconstructs the observatory and the science that made it possible. For two thousand years, a fundamental ritual of government was the emperor’s “granting the seasons” to his people at the New Year by issuing an almanac containing an accurate lunisolar calendar. The high point of this tradition was the “Season-granting system” (Shou-shih li, 1280). Its...

How long is Granting the Seasons?

Granting the Seasons by Nathan Sivin is 664 pages long, and a total of 168,656 words.

This makes it 224% the length of the average book. It also has 206% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Granting the Seasons Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 15 hours and 21 minutes to read Granting the Seasons aloud.

What Reading Level is Granting the Seasons?

Granting the Seasons is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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