The Zhoubi Suanjing, also known by many other names, is an ancient Chinese astronomical and mathematical work. The Zhoubi is most famous for its presentation...
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from China, the first being the Suan shu shu (202 BCE – 186 BCE) and Zhoubi Suanjing (compiled throughout the Han until the late 2nd century CE). It lays...
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surviving texts dating from roughly the 1st century BC, the Chinese text Zhoubi Suanjing (周髀算经), (The Arithmetical Classic of the Gnomon and the Circular Paths...
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example, the Zhoubi Suanjing dates around 1200–1000 BC, yet many scholars believed it was written between 300 and 250 BCE. The Zhoubi Suanjing contains an...
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measured to tell the time of day and year were described in the Chinese Zhoubi Suanjing, possibly dating as early as the early Zhou (11th century BC) but surviving...
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arrived at a distance of 100000 li (approximately 200000 km). The Zhoubi Suanjing also discusses how to determine the distance of the Sun by measuring...
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includes: Zhoubi Suanjing (Zhou Shadow Mathematical Classic) Jiuzhang Suanshu (The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art) Haidao Suanjing (The Sea Island...
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Arithmetical Classic of the Gnomon and the Circular Paths of Heaven (Zhoubi Suanjing), dated no earlier than the 1st century BCE (from perhaps multiple...
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(3,4,5) triangle. Visual proof for the (3,4,5) triangle as in the Zhoubi Suanjing 500–200 BCE. Animated visual proof for the Pythagorean theorem by rearrangement...
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perceptible" solar parallax of 7′. A Chinese mathematical treatise, the Zhoubi Suanjing (c. 1st century BCE), shows how the distance to the Sun can be computed...
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solar terms. He is also said to have used try squares and wrote the Zhoubi Suanjing with his astrologer. Several early beliefs might be found in the Guicang...
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astronomical and mathematical text Zhoubi Suanjing indicating a proof of the Pythagorean theorem. Zhoubi Suanjing is one of the oldest Chinese texts on...
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projecting a pinhole image of the sun were described in the Chinese Zhoubi Suanjing writings (1046 BC–256 BC with material added until c. 220 AD). The...
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third century CE in Zhao Shuang's commentary on the ancient Chinese Zhoubi Suanjing (Gnomon of the Zhou). The formulation of the solution in MS 3971, problem...
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infinity, still what remains is infinity." 1046 BC to 256 BC – China, Zhoubi Suanjing, arithmetic, geometric algorithms, and proofs. 624 BC – 546 BC – Greece...
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computed from the table.[citation needed] In the mathematical text Zhoubi Suanjing, dated prior to 300 BC, and the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art...
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hemisphere, the size of which varies with the seasons. As described in the Zhoubi Suanjing.[citation needed] Hun Tian ("the entire sky") – Similar to Gai Tian...
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since antiquity, as in the Pythagorean theorem proof found in the Zhoubi Suanjing Chinese text which dates from 1046 BC to 256 BC. The Clebsch diagonal...
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theory. For example, the Pythagorean theorem has been attested in the Zhoubi Suanjing. Knowledge of Pascal's triangle has also been shown to have existed...
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other topics. Chinese mathematics dates to at least 300 BC with the Zhoubi Suanjing, generally considered to be one of the oldest Chinese mathematical...
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earth-square) existed in Chinese society long before it appeared in the Zhoubi Suanjing. Cosmography that bears a resemblance to modern feng shui devices and...
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Gaitian shuo (蓋天說) "Canopy-Heavens hypothesis" originated from the text Zhoubi Suanjing. The earth is covered by a material Tian. Huntian shuo (渾天說) "Egg-like...
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checking of the Pythagorean theorem for the (3, 4, 5) triangle as in the Zhoubi Suanjing 500–200 BC. The Pythagorean theorem is a consequence of the Euclidean...
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development. The oldest extant mathematical text from China is the Zhoubi Suanjing (周髀算經), variously dated to between 1200 BC and 100 BC, though a date...
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treatises still exist. These are the Book on Numbers and Computation, the Zhoubi Suanjing, and the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art. Han mathematical achievements...
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Arithmetical Classic of the Gnomon and the Circular Paths of Heaven (Zhoubi Suanjing), and the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art (Jiuzhang Suanshu)...
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His interest in mathematics, astronomy/astrology is reported in the Zhoubi Suanjing. The astronomer Yi Xing (683–727) of the Tang dynasty built 20 standardized...
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order. Many Chinese classics make reference to the nine-nine table: Zhoubi Suanjing: "nine nine eighty one" Guan Zi has sentences of the form "three eights...
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Yuejue shu Yuejing [Classic of Music] Yuliaozi Zhanguo ce Zhonglun Zhoubi suanjing Zhouli Zhouyi Zhuangzi Zhushu jinian Zi Gao 子羔 (Shanghai Museum corpus)...
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Prior to discovery the oldest Chinese mathematical text were the Zhoubi Suanjing and The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art which dates from around...
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