On the Relation Between the Suanshu Shu and the Nine Chapters on Mathematical Procedures;

A Study on Statistical Theory in Arithmetic in Nine Sections;

The characteristics of the dialectical thought of Arithmetic in Nine Sections and Liu Hui s Commentary on It are discussed in three aspects.

A Note on the Understanding of the Annotation of "The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art";

It is through ? Biot s and A Wylie s relevant writings that The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art was first known in the West More about this Chinese mathematical classic was open to Westerners after the publication of Y Mikami s The Development of Mathematics in China and Japan.

Systematically considering the unearthed Suanshushu (Writings on reckoning), the Nine Chapters on Mathematical Procedures and other sources, this paper discusses the formation and spread of this method in early China.

The records of several kinds of rice from the Nine Chapters on Mathematical Procedures and the Shuowen Jiezi have some differences, which have been collated by several scholars referring to the Qin bamboo strips unearthed from Shuih udi of Yunmeng county in Hubei province and the bamboo book Suanshu Shu unearthed from Zhangjia Shan of Jianglin county in Hubei province.