…In 1852 (the second year of the Xianfeng era), he went to Shanghai and translated Euclid's Stoichia together with the British missionary A. Wylie, and published the latter part of the 9 volumes of Geometry. He also translated Algebra and Calculus 10 together with Wylie, and translated Zhongxue together with another British missionary J. Edkins, introducing European mathematics. He was also knowledgeable about traditional Chinese mathematics, and published 24 volumes of 13 books with his own preface from the 6th year of the Tongzhi era (1867) under the title Zhongxue Zhi. … *Some of the terminology that mentions "Edkins, J." is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…1852年(咸豊2)上海に赴き,イギリス人宣教師A.ワイリー(偉列亜力)とともに,ユークリッドの《ストイケイア》を訳し,《幾何原本》後編9巻を出した。そのほかワイリーと《代数学》《代微積拾級》を訳し,また同じくイギリス人宣教師J.エドキンズ(艾約瑟)とともに《重学》を訳し,ヨーロッパ数学を紹介した。中国の伝統数学にも詳しく,著書13種24巻は同治6年(1867)の自序を付し,《則古昔斎算学》の名で公刊された。… ※「エドキンズ,J.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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