Imperial Collection of Mathematical Essentials, Vol. 4
御製數理精蘊(4)
Chinese
1723
213 pages
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No prior complete English translation of this text has been found.
The 'Shuli Jingyun' (1723) is a massive 53-volume mathematical compendium compiled under the Kangxi Emperor. While it is extensively discussed and excerpted in scholarly works on the history of Chinese science (such as those by Jean-Claude Martzloff and Benjamin Elman found in Google Books), no record of a complete English translation exists in any of the searched catalogs or databases. Given its immense size and technical nature, it remains a primary source studied in its original language or through academic summaries rather than a full translated edition.
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mathematics
This volume preserves the exact computational tools that powered the Qing Empire. It reveals how the Kangxi Emperor merged Western logarithms with Chinese scholarship to master the heavens and map the earth.
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