The Book on Computations Using Counting Rods
A French translation and commentary of the Suan shu shu, a 2nd-century BCE manuscript excavated at Zhangjiashan
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Presentation
This work presents, translates and provides commentary on the Suan shu shu 算數書, a Chinese manuscript from the 2nd century BCE excavated during the winter of 1983-1984. Its discovery revolutionized what was known about ancient mathematical sources in China.
The translation and its commentaries offer an in-depth understanding of the text and its context, bringing together the archaeology of the excavated texts, ancient Chinese, the history of mathematics and life in China under the Han dynasty. The French translation is accompanied by the original text, its pinyin transcription and a word-for-word translation.
Author
Rémi Anicotte is the director of China Intuition International Consulting (Beijing) and an associate member of CRLAO, the Centre for East Asian Linguistics (CNRS UMR 8563 - EHESS - Inalco, Paris).
336 pages
16 x 24 cm
Publication: 24/04/2019
ISBN: 9782858313082