In 724 AD the Buddhist monk Yixing (I-Hsing) produced the world's first tangent table in his Dayan Calendar. At that time, he also organized and led the first astronomical geodetic survey in the history of China. As a result of this survey, the length of a meridian line in one du (1 du=(360/365.2565)°) was deduced. The main purpose of this paper is to analyze and explore the relationship between Yixing's tangent table and astronomical geodetic survey. Based on historical material in the History of Korea, I reconstruct the tangent table in Yixing's Dayan Calendar. Through examination of data from the above survey in historicalrecords, I also determine that all related figures, such as the length of equinoctial shadow, were calculated using Yixing's tangent table and measurements of the length of summer or winter solstice shadow. I conclude that Yixing's tangent table had a strong influence on the theory and methodology of celestial surveying in the Tang dynasty.