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ContinuedTable 15.2. Conventional identifi cation of the Tang dynasty textbooks
with the extant mathematical treatisesNumberTreatises listed in
the Xin Tang shuIdentifi ed as the
following extant
t r e a t i s e s A u t h o rD a t e o f
compilation
1 Sun zi
(Master Sun)Sun zi suan jing(Computational
treatise of
Master Sun)Unknown^ a^ C. 400
ce (?) b^2 Wu cao
(Five departments)Wu cao suan jing(Computational treatise
of fi ve departments)Unknown c^ Not earlier
than 386
ce^ d^3 Jiu zhang
(Nine categories)Jiu zhang suan shu(Computational
procedures of nine
categories)Unknown e^ Prior to the
mid fi rst
century ce f^4 Hai dao
(Sea island)Hai dao suan jing(Computational treatise
[beginning with a
problem]
about a sea island)Liu Hui
( fl. 263)C. 263 ce5 Zhang Qiujian
([Master]
Zhang Qiujian)Zhang Qiujian
suan jing
(Computational
treatise of Zhang
Qiujian)Zhang Qiujian
Mid fi ft h
century ce g^6 Xiahou Yang
([Master]
Xiahou Yang)Xiahou Yang suan
jing
(Computational
treatise of Xiahou
Yang)Han Yan
763–79 h^7 Zhou bi
(Th e gnomon
of Zhou
[dynasty])Zhou bi suan jing(Computational treatise
on the gnomon of Zhou
[dynasty])Unknown Early fi rst
century
ce (?) i^