The Observation Of The Social-economic And Living Situations On The Suanshushu Written On Bamboo Slips Excavated From Ancient Tombs Of The Han Dynasty At Zhangjiashan

The Suanshushu is the earliest mathematics monograph in China up till the present moment, which was excavated from No.247 ancient tomb of Han Dynasty at Zhangjiashan of Hubei Province in 1984. The abundance and profundity of its contents reflect the developmental standard of Chinese mathematics in 2nd century BC. As a more earlier mathematics book than the Nine Chapters on Mathematical Procedures , the Suanshushu is of great value to study Chinese ancient history of mathematis. Besides the Suanshushu is more authentic than a document handed down from ancient times, it offers us a favorable opportunity to understand the situation of social development. So it is thus clear that the Suanshushu is undoubtedly of great value to do research on history and economics.There are 69 count problems in the Suanshushu, of which 40 have close relationships with social living. In the former part of the article, the 40 count problems are unscrambled, and put forward some opinions on the points in contemporary researchers' achievements that are open to question. Meanwhile, the writer compares the Nine Chapters on Mathematical Procedures with the Suanshushu and points out their similarities and differences. With the hope of opening out the economic-history value implicated by the count problems, the writer describes the problems that are discovered by unscrambling and what she has leant.In the latter part of the article, the count problems on social-economic living are sorted out in section one, which are compared with those in the Nine Chapters on Mathematical Procedures. The common problems in both books are: buying together, tariff, weaving, land tax, the price of gold, the price of feather, the price of lacquer, the price of silk, interest rate, rice rate, the price of rice, weight and so on. In section two, the writer researches the relationships of the Nine Chapters on Mathematical Procedures and the Suanshushu, and gives her own opinions on the uncertain parts in the studying of contemporary researchers' achievements. In the writer's opinion, the Suanshushu isn't a systemic and professional mathematics bookmaking, which does not come down in one continuous line with the Nine Chapters on Mathematical Procedures .The writer hopes that the important value of the economic history contained in the mathematics bookmaking can be realized by the act of sorting out and studying the count problems in the Suanshushu, and also wishes the act could contribute to the studying on mathematic and economic in Chinese ancient history.