Confucianism and Traditional Chinese Mathematics

Author: Dai Qin
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Publish Date: 2003-03-01
Features: This book aims to systematically and deeply study the relationship between Confucian thought and the characteristics of traditional Chinese mathematics. China has a long history, and its mathematical classics are vast, while Confucian thought also has its own characteristics in different historical periods. Therefore, it is difficult for this book to systematically explore the relationship between Confucian thought and traditional Chinese mathematics from a historical perspective. Instead, it takes The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art as a representative of traditional Chinese mathematics to study the influence of Confucian thought on it. This book uses The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art and Elements from ancient Greece as comparative references to systematically and deeply discuss the intrinsic relationship between Confucian thought and traditional Chinese mathematics: it analyzes the characteristics and ideological roots of traditional Chinese mathematics, reveals some erroneous views in traditional Chinese mathematics, explains some important insights from the philosophical and mathematical exchanges between China and Japan, and points out the methodological significance of the algorithms and aesthetic thought methods of traditional Chinese mathematics in modern mathematics and mathematical education. Target Audience: For reference use by philosophy faculty and students in universities and philosophy researchers.