"The Nine Chapters of the Comprehensive Compendium of Arithmetic Ratios"

Japanese: 《九章算法比数大全》 - きゅうしょうさんぽうひすうたいぜん
"The Nine Chapters of the Comprehensive Compendium of Arithmetic Ratios"

…However, from the Yuan Dynasty through the Ming Dynasty, mathematics for the common people, which had begun in the Southern Song Dynasty, flourished even more. In particular, during the Ming Dynasty, works such as Rong Jing's Nine Chapters on Suanfa Ratios and Mathematics (1450) and Cheng Dayu's Suanfa Tongzong (1592) were written. Both of them followed the model of Nine Chapters on Mathematics and dealt with a fairly wide range of problems within the scope of traditional mathematics. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "The Complete Guide to Arithmetic Ratios in Nine Chapters" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…しかし元の時代から明代を通じて,南宋に始まった庶民数学は一段と隆盛となった。ことに明代には栄敬の《九章算法比数大全》(1450)や程大位の《算法統宗》(1592)などが著された。いずれも《九章算術》に範をとって,伝統数学の範囲でかなり広く諸問題をとりあげている。…

※「《九章算法比数大全》」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。

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