Sunzi Suanjing

Sunzi Suanjing (Chinese: 孫子算經; pinyin: Sūnzǐ Suànjīng; Wade–Giles: Sun Tzu Suan Ching; lit.

From the textual evidence in the book, some scholars concluded that the work was completed during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.

[2] Besides describing arithmetic methods and investigating Diophantine equations, the treatise touches upon astronomy and attempts to develop a calendar.

[4] Chapter 3 contains the earliest example of the Chinese remainder theorem, a key tool to understanding and resolving Diophantine equations.

Researchers have published a full English translation of the Sūnzĭ Suànjīng: The original Chinese text is available on Wikisource.