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David Shepherd Nivison (January 17, 1923 – October 16, 2014) was an American sinologist and philosopher, known for his publications on late imperial and ancient Chinese history, philology, and philosophy and his 40 years as a professor at Stanford University. Nivison is known for his use of archaeoastronomy to accurately determine the date of the founding of the Zhou dynasty as 1045 BC instead of the traditional date of 1122 BC.

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  • David Shepherd Nivison (January 17, 1923 – October 16, 2014) was an American sinologist and philosopher, known for his publications on late imperial and ancient Chinese history, philology, and philosophy and his 40 years as a professor at Stanford University. Nivison is known for his use of archaeoastronomy to accurately determine the date of the founding of the Zhou dynasty as 1045 BC instead of the traditional date of 1122 BC.
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