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Studies in the History of Natural Sciences  2020, Vol. 39 Issue (增刊): 82-106    DOI:
CHINA CANON: MATHEMATICS VOLUMES     
Reflections on the compilation of the China Canon: Mathematics Volumes
GUO Shuchun, GAO Feng
Institute for the History of National Science, CAS, Beijing 100190, China
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Abstract  The Zhonghua dadian: shuxue dian (China Canon: Mathematics Volumes)is one of the 24 branches of the Zhonghua dadian. Wu Wenjun is the honorary Editor-in-chief, Guo Shuchun the Chief Editor, and Guo Shirong and Feng Lisheng the Associate Editors-in-chief. The project for its compilation was launched in the spring of 2006. After more than 12 years of unremitting efforts by 30 colleagues, it was completed in 2018, and published by Shandong Education Publishing House in May 2018. The whole work consists of four parts, bound into nine volumes. It is the first time in history that traditional Chinese mathematics materials have been systematically organized and categorized in accordance with modern book classification and mathematics subject systems and published in the form of an encyclopedia. This article describes the tortuous course of the start-up of the Shuxue dian, with some reminiscences about the compilation process and the editors involved. It then introduces the content and structure of the Shuxue dian, and finally discusses its significance to the study of the history of mathematics.

Key words： Zhonghua dadian: shuxue dian (China Canon: Mathematics Volumes)      the history of Chinese mathematics      mathematical literature     
Published: 17 June 2021
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