There is a saying in the "Disciple of the Pipa on behalf of the Pipa": "The pipa master was in the Nine Heavy City, and he was surprised and surprised by the book. ”
If you have a certain understanding of archaeological research, you should know that in the process of excavating some ancient tombs, we often get a lot of windfalls. Because China has a historical development process of thousands of years, to this day, we still have not been able to fully understand the whole picture of China's ancient feudal society, and with the continuous improvement of archaeological technology,
Nowadays, the scope of mainland historians' understanding of the state of social development in the past is gradually expanding.
In 1981, workers found an ancient tomb buried in the ground at a construction site in the Red Garden in Shenzhen's Nantou District, and after this discovery, the workers quickly reported the information to the relevant departments, and when archaeologists arrived at the site, they also carried out rescue excavations. at
At that time, experts believed that the age of this ancient tomb should come from the Western Han And Eastern Han Dynasties, because of the different shapes and ages of its burial chambers
Therefore, this also brings great difficulty to the excavation of archaeologists, in addition, when the experts further develop it, it is also found that there are basically traces of tomb robbers in the interior of these tombs, which means that many precious cultural relics inside the tombs are likely to have been stolen.
For archaeologists, they are very reluctant to see the traces of tomb robbers, after all, under the influence of tomb robbers, many precious cultural relics have not been properly protected, it can be said that tomb robbers are a major obstacle in the cause of mainland archaeology.
Although the experts did not find any very valuable cultural relics in this archaeological activity, for the needs of historical research, the experts also carried out a very careful cleaning of the interior of the tomb
However, just after the archaeologists cleaned up the tomb bricks in this ancient tomb, they found that on the tomb bricks of one of the tombs, there were some words carved in lishu, and after the experts translated and interpreted it, they found that there were a total of forty-five oral tips on this brick, and this text was the "nine-nine multiplication recipe" of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
This piece of engraved pottery brick that found the multiplication trick is about thirty-seven centimeters long, about seventeen centimeters wide, and about four centimeters thick, and after consulting the relevant historical data and conducting technical analysis of the pottery brick, experts also determined that this ceramic brick came from the Eastern Han Dynasty, because the traces of the multiplication recipe engraving on this brick are very clear, so experts can also infer that
As early as 1,700 years ago, people have mastered the method of multiplication calculation, and this discovery has further advanced the mainland's research on the history of mathematical development.
Because the content of this brick is very important, therefore, in later days, this carved pottery brick has also been rated as a national first-class cultural relic, and after further research by experts on the tomb, it can also be determined that although the tomb is old, the identity of its tomb owner is not noble.
This can prove that in the ancient society of the mainland country, even ordinary people were able to master the use of multiplication techniques
From this archaeological discovery, it can be inferred that as early as the Eastern Han Dynasty, multiplication has become a mathematical knowledge that is very popular in the mainland.
Although in the process of modern social development, the level of achievement of Chinese in mathematics is not very high, it can be felt from the excavation of this tomb brick that in fact, in the process of ancient social development, China's mathematical level was once ahead of other countries. Although the Eastern Han Dynasty has a very long history from modern society, in the process of so many years of inheritance, the content of the "nine-nine multiplication recipe" has not changed in any way, and it can be seen that the multiplication recipe has a certain superiority in the development of mathematics.
Before the excavation of this tomb brick, there were no cultural relics on the development of mathematics in the mainland archaeology community, and after the appearance of this engraved pottery brick, the gap in the field of ancient Chinese mathematical development will also be filled.
epilogue
After the excavation of this ancient tomb, we can also realize that in fact, as early as thousands of years ago in the Han Dynasty society, the mainland people began to explore the knowledge of mathematics, and such a simple multiplication recipe has also been handed down, in the teaching process of modern society, this multiplication recipe also plays a huge role.
Although in the process of modern social development, China once lagged behind other Western countries, but from a historical point of view, China's future development is also an inevitable result, I believe that with the joint efforts of the entire Chinese people, New China will also return to the peak of the world.
Resources
《Biwa Apprentice》
"Nine-Nine Multiplication Recipe" Inscribed Pottery Bricks