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Overview
Key data
| Item | Detail |
|---|---|
| Author | Jiang Yong (1681–1762) |
| Completed | Qianlong reign, Qing |
| Volumes | Eight |
| Contents | The origins of mathematics and Chinese and Western methods |
The author and his learning
Jiang Yong was a noted scholar of the mid-Qing, versed in classical learning, phonology and mathematics,
and especially deep in the study of the Rites.
His Suanxue draws on both Chinese and Western methods and is able to compromise between them.
Contents
The work discusses the origins of mathematics, setting out traditional Chinese methods and Western methods alike,
and distinguishing where they differ.
It treats the fractions, proportions and right-triangle methods on which the calendar depends.
Value
Jiang Yong’s learning is known for its breadth and plainness.
The Suanxue shows the attitude of a mid-Qing scholar to Chinese and Western mathematics:
adopting what is good in the Western while not discarding the old Chinese.
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The title given here, 《算学》, and the Kanseki Repository title 數學 denote the same work: the Siku Quanshu zongmu catalogues it as 《算学》 in eight juan with one juan of supplement, while the Wenyuange copy's preface abstract gives 數學; the contents correspond juan by juan.
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Compiled and arranged by Chujia Kuang.