For example, in the first chapter, "Land" ( 方田), Wu described how to approximate land areas of different shapes and included 214 problems. Įvery chapter begins with a topic from an "ancient" mathematical book, followed by Wu Jing's explanation of how real-life problems are solved with arithmetics. Currently, there are at least four extant copies from the Ming dynasty, housed separately in four libraries in Beijing and Shanghai. After a fire destroyed many printing woodblocks, Wu Jing's grandson Wu Ne ( 吳訥) added some materials as he prepared the manuscript for re-printing. Jiuzhang Suanfa Bilei Daquan originally contained nine chapters excluding the "table of contents" chapter. Life Īccording to the 1488 foreword to Wu Jing's book written by Xiang Qi ( 項麒), a Ministry of Justice administrator who also hailed from Renhe ( 仁和, modern Hangzhou), Wu apparently worked as an accountant for several local officials and had a hand on the census, land surveys, and taxations of Zhejiang province. 15th century), courtesy name Xinmin ( 信民), art name Zhu Yi Weng ( 主一翁), was a Chinese accountant, mathematician, and writer of the Ming dynasty who in 1450 published the arithmetic treatise Jiuzhang Suanfa Bilei Daquan ( 九章算法比類大全, "Complete Description of the Nine Chapters on Arithmetical Techniques"). ![]() ![]() ![]() Wu Jing ( Chinese: 吳敬 pinyin: Wú Jìng Wade–Giles: Wu Ching, fl.
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