The 'Chinese' Theory: For and Against

[eggyk]

The older method, called the píngqì fǎ (平氣法; 'equal term method'), simply divides the tropical year into 24 equal parts.

As far as I can tell from a look online, the older system did not divide the ecliptic into 24 equal parts. It divided the year into 24 parts of just over 15 days each. 

But this doesn't really change that much with regards to that fact that there was a 24 * ~15 system.