Book/Printed Material Sinp'yŏn sanhak kyemong : 3-kwŏn 新編 算學 啟蒙 : 3卷 / / Sanhak kyemong
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Title
- Sinp'yŏn sanhak kyemong : 3-kwŏn
Other Title
- 新編 算學 啟蒙 : 3卷 /
- Sanhak kyemong
Summary
- In 1839 Luo Shilin acquired this Korean edition of a work likely no longer found in China; written by Zhu Shijie in the 13th century; pref. by Zhao Cheng dated 1299; another preface by Kim Sijin (Jin Shizhen in Chinese).
- The original author of this work was Zhu Shijie (1249-1314) of the Yuan dynasty, one of the early Song and Yuan mathematicians, who wrote an elementary textbook entitled Suan xue qi meng (Primer of mathematics), which was printed in 1299. The work was said to have reached as far as Japan and Korea. After the 19th-century Chinese mathematician Luo Shilin (died 1853) acquired a copy of a Korean edition, which was printed based on the original Yuan edition, he reproduced it in or after 1839, and included it in his collection Guan wo sheng shi hui gao (Collected works of the studio of my life beheld). The book contains a series of problems that are solved by simple algebraic equations, known as tian yuan, and has a preface written by Ruan Yuan (1764-1849), an official and eminent scholar. This copy also includes two prefaces from the earlier editions, one by Zhao Cheng dated 1299 and the other by Kim Si Jin dated 1660. According to the inscription in the book, the Korean copy was produced by Kim Jeong-hui (1786-1856), a poet and an expert in bronze and stone inscriptions, and was presented to Kim's friend Xu Youren (1800-60), a Qing official. After failing to pass provincial examinations, Luo Shilin went to Beijing and became a student at the Imperial Board of Astronomy's College, where he achieved notice for his knowledge of astronomy and mathematics, especially for his prediction in 1821 that most of the planets would be seen together, a phenomenon regarded as a good omen for the throne and the country. Luo later left Beijing and traveled before returning to his native city, Yangzhou. He associated closely with Ruan Yuan, supervised the first seven juan of the chronicle of Ruan Yuan, and edited mathematical works written by Liu Heng. He also wrote, edited, and produced a number of other works. World Digital Library.
Names
- Zhu, Shijie, active 13th century
- Kim, Si-jin, 1618-1667, sŏ
- Zhao, Cheng, sŏ
- Chinese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)
Created / Published
- [China : s.n., sŏ 1660]
Notes
- - In case.
- - Also available in digital form.
- - 元朱世傑撰。按是書中土久佚，道光十九年羅士琳得朝鮮覆元本，始刻入觀我生室彙稿內。此本為朝鮮人金正善影寫朝鮮本，以贈君青者，君青徐有壬字，羅本有阮元序，未道及此事，則正喜贈此書，應在道光十九年以後也。茲錄其題記於後:此書在東國為算科試。士者也中國佚也已久芸臺夫子尚以未見為憾於四元玉鑒提要屢致意焉今以轉呈君青先生海東金正喜秋史識金始振(序)順治十七年 (1660)，趙城(序)大德三年 (1299).
- - 十行十九字. Ten lines, with nineteen characters per line.
- - 影寫朝鮮刻本. Photoreproduction of the Korean woodblock edition.
Medium
- 3 v.
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2012402173
Online Format
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