''Shushu Jiyi'' (數術記遺; translated as ''Notes on Traditions of Arithmetic Methods'', ''Memoir on the Methods of Numbering'' or ''Notes on Traditions of Arithmetic Method'') is a Chinese mathematical treatise written by the

Eastern Han dynasty The Han dynasty was an Dynasties of China, imperial dynasty of China (202 BC9 AD, 25–220 AD) established by Liu Bang and ruled by the House of Liu. The dynasty was preceded by the short-lived Qin dynasty (221–206 BC ...

mathematician Xu Yue. The text received a subsequent commentary by

Zhen Luan Zhen Luan (甄鸾) (535 – 566) was a Chinese mathematician, astronomer, daoist and buddhist who was active during the Northern Zhou (557-581) of the Southern and Northern Dynasties period. Born in the Wuji County of the present day Hubei Provi ...

in the 6th century.

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The text mentions 14 methods of calculation, and it was selected to become one of the ''

Ten Computational Canons The ''Ten Computational Canons'' () was a collection of ten Chinese mathematical works dating from pre-Han dynasty to early Tang dynasty, compiled by the early Tang mathematician Li Chunfeng (602–670) in the 650s, as the official mathematical text ...

'' in the 11th century during the Song dynasty, replacing the '' Zhui Shu'' (''Method of Interpolation'') by

Zu Chongzhi Zu Chongzhi (; 429 – 500), courtesy name Wenyuan (), was a Chinese astronomer, inventor, mathematician, politician, and writer during the Liu Song and Southern Qi dynasties. He was most notable for calculating pi as between 3.1415926 and 3.1415 ...

. The earliest surviving printed edition of the text is a Southern Song printed copy from 1212, now preserved in the Peking University Library.

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