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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

in Chinese mathematics between the writings of these two texts. The Zhoubi suanjing is concerned with the application of mathematics to astronomy. In one...

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...

(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...

includes: Zhoubi Suanjing (Zhou Shadow Mathematical Classic) Jiuzhang Suanshu (The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art) Haidao Suanjing (The Sea Island...

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...

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...

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...

astronomical and mathematical text Zhoubi Suanjing indicating a proof of the Pythagorean theorem. Zhoubi Suanjing is one of the oldest Chinese texts on...

infinity, still what remains is infinity." 1046 BC to 256 BC – China, Zhoubi Suanjing, arithmetic, geometric algorithms, and proofs. 624 BC – 546 BC – Greece...

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...

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...

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...

other topics. Chinese mathematics dates to at least 300 BC with the Zhoubi Suanjing, generally considered to be one of the oldest Chinese mathematical...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Arithmetical Classic of the Gnomon and the Circular Paths of Heaven (Zhoubi Suanjing), and the Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art (Jiuzhang Suanshu)...

Yuejue shu Yuejing [Classic of Music] Yuliaozi Zhanguo ce Zhonglun Zhoubi suanjing Zhouli Zhouyi Zhuangzi Zhushu jinian Zi Gao 子羔 (Shanghai Museum corpus)...

Prior to discovery the oldest Chinese mathematical text were the Zhoubi Suanjing and The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art which dates from around...

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...