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中国古代数学萌芽于何时?其发生的过程又是怎样?凡研究中国数学史的人,无不关心这一问题。恩格斯对数学的起源曾有过一段精辟论述:“数学是从人的需要中产生的:是从丈量土地和测量容积,从计算时间和制造器皿产生的。”①中国新石器时代半坡氏族公社时期,先民们已经开始了开垦土地、狩猎、捕鱼、采集、饲养家畜、打制石器、烧制陶器和建筑房屋等生产活动。社会的发展产生了对数量概念的需要和对简单几何图形的认识,渭水流域仰韶文化的半坡、姜寨和北首岭等遗址的文化遗存清晰地展示了这一方面的
When did Chinese ancient mathematics germinate and when did it happen? Those who studied the history of Chinese mathematics were all concerned about this issue. Engels had an incisive discourse on the origins of mathematics: “Mathematics arises from human needs: from measuring land and measuring volume to calculating time and making utensils.” ① Banpo, China’s Neolithic Age During the period of the clan commune, the ancestors had begun the activities of reclaiming land, hunting, fishing, collecting, raising domestic animals, making stone tools, firing pottery and building houses. The development of society has generated the need for a quantitative concept and awareness of simple geometric figures. The cultural relics of the sites such as Banpo, Yangzhong and Weihe River in the Weishui River Basin clearly demonstrate this aspect