Article ID: CBB209592901

Modern Chinese Translation, Photographs, and Expert Commentaries on an Excerpt from the Qin Dynasty Bamboo Strips Preserved at Peking University: “Lu Jiuci Asks Chen Qi About Numbers” (2015)

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"Lu Jiuci Asks Chen Qi About Numbers"is a special and significant excerpt from one of the mathematical books on bamboo strips preserved at Peking University. This article publishes photographs of all the bamboo strips along with a modern Chinese translation of this excerpt,as well as a series of commentaries written by a group of expert historians of mathematics and paleographers.They explain the difficult textual points of this document and reveal its rich content and significance from different points of view,including textual explanations,mathematical thoughts and mathematical methods,medicine,divination,city construction in ancient China,and theories about the historiography of mathematics. This special article is expected to promote studies on the history of Chinese mathematics and research on the thought and culture of ancient China.

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Authors & Contributors
Chen, Zhihui
Yuan, Yuan
Yuan, Min
Yi, De-gang
Yang, Kun
Yang, Jian
Concepts
East Asia, civilization and culture
Translations
Mathematics
Transmission of ideas
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Physics
Time Periods
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
19th century
18th century
17th century
Modern
Places
China
Japan
Institutions
Imperial University of Peking
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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