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Jiuzhang suanshu 九章算術

Oct 7, 2013 © Ulrich Theobald

Jiuzhang suanshu 九章算術 is an arithmetical treatise compiled during the Jin period by Liu Hui 劉徽 (fl. 263). It is the earliest surviving Chinese book on mathematics.

Sources:
Cullen, Christopher (1993). "Chiu chang suan shu", in Michael Loewe, ed. Early Chinese Texts: A Bibliographical Guide (Berkeley: Society for the Study of Early China/Institute of East Asian Studies), 16-23.