The Ten Computational Canons is a collection of Chinese mathematical works, compiled by early Tang dynasty mathematician Li Chunfeng (李淳风 602－670），as the official mathematical texts for imperial examinations in mathematics.

The Ten Computational Canons includes:

1. Zhou Bi Suan Jing,
2. The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art
   The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art
   The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art is a Chinese mathematics book, composed by several generations of scholars from the 10th–2nd century BCE, its latest stage being from the 1st century CE...
   
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3. The Sea Island Mathematical Manual
   The Sea Island Mathematical Manual
   The Sea Island Mathematical Manual or Haidao suanjing was written by the Chinese mathematician Liu Hui of the Three Kingdoms era as an extension of chapter 9 of The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art....
   
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4. The Mathematical Classic of Sun Zi
   The Mathematical Classic of Sun Zi
   The Mathematical Classic of Sun Zi was a mathematical treatise written during the 5th century, and was listed as one of The Ten Computational Canons in Tang Dynasty. The identity of the author Sunzi is still unknown, and not to be confused with the author of The Art of War...
   
   
5. The Mathematical Classic of Zhang Qiujian
6. Computational Canon of the Five Administrative Sections
7. Xia Houyang's Computational Canons
8. Computational Prescriptions of the Five Classics
9. Jigu Suanjing
   Jigu Suanjing
   Jigu suanjing was the work of early Tang dynasty calendarist and mathematician Wang Xiaotong, written some time before the year 626, when he presented his work to the Emperor...
   
   
10. Shushu jiyi

It was specified in Tang Dyansty laws on examination, that The Mathematical Classic of Sun Zi, the Computational Canon of the Five Administrative Sections together required one year of study, The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art plus The Sea Island Mathematical Manual, three years, Jigu Suanjing three years Zhang Qiujian and Xia Houyang, each one year.

The Song dynasty

Song Dynasty

The Song Dynasty was a ruling dynasty in China between 960 and 1279; it succeeded the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period, and was followed by the Yuan Dynasty. It was the first government in world history to issue banknotes or paper money, and the first Chinese government to establish a...

 government actively promoted the study of mathematics, there were two government xylograph edition of The Ten Computational Canons in year 1084 and 1213. The wide availability of these mathematical texts contributed to the flourish of mathematics in Song dynasty and Yuan dynasty, inspired Jia Xian

Jia Xian

Jia Xian was a Chinese mathematician from Kaifeng of the Song Dynasty, in the first half of the 11th century.-Biography:...

, Qin Jiushao, Yang Hui

Yang Hui

Yang Hui , courtesy name Qianguang , was a Chinese mathematician from Qiantang , Zhejiang province during the late Song Dynasty . Yang worked on magic squares, magic circles and the binomial theorem, and is best known for his contribution of presenting 'Yang Hui's Triangle'...

, Li Zhi

Li Zhi (mathematician)

Li Zhi , later Li Ye , was a Chinese mathematician and scholar, who published and improved the tian yuan shu method for solving polynomial equations of one variable.- Name :...

 and Zhu Shijie

Zhu Shijie

Zhu Shijie , courtesy name Hanqing , pseudonym Songting , was one of the greatest Chinese mathematicians lived during the Yuan Dynasty....

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In Ming dynasty

Ming Dynasty

The Ming Dynasty, also Empire of the Great Ming, was the ruling dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644, following the collapse of the Mongol-led Yuan Dynasty. The Ming, "one of the greatest eras of orderly government and social stability in human history", was the last dynasty in China ruled by ethnic...

 during the reign of Emperor Yongle, some of the Ten Cannons were copied into the Yongle Encyclopedia

Yongle Encyclopedia

The Yongle Encyclopedia was a Chinese compilation of information commissioned by the Chinese Ming Dynasty emperor Yongle in 1403 and completed by 1408...

. Qing dynasty

Qing Dynasty

The Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....

 scholar Dai Zhen

Dai Zhen

Dai Zhen was a notable Chinese scholar of the Qing Dynasty from Xiuning, Anhui. A versatile scholar, he made great contributions to mathematics, geography, phonology and philosophy...

 copied out Zhou Bi Suan Jing, The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art

The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art

The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art is a Chinese mathematics book, composed by several generations of scholars from the 10th–2nd century BCE, its latest stage being from the 1st century CE...

, The Sea Island Mathematical Manual

The Sea Island Mathematical Manual

The Sea Island Mathematical Manual or Haidao suanjing was written by the Chinese mathematician Liu Hui of the Three Kingdoms era as an extension of chapter 9 of The Nine Chapters on the Mathematical Art....

, The Mathematical Classic of Sun Zi

The Mathematical Classic of Sun Zi

The Mathematical Classic of Sun Zi was a mathematical treatise written during the 5th century, and was listed as one of The Ten Computational Canons in Tang Dynasty. The identity of the author Sunzi is still unknown, and not to be confused with the author of The Art of War...

, The Mathematical Classic of Zhang Qiujian, Computational Canon of the Five Administrative Sections, Xia Houyang's Computational Canons, Computational Prescriptions of the Five Classics, Jigu Suanjing

Jigu Suanjing

Jigu suanjing was the work of early Tang dynasty calendarist and mathematician Wang Xiaotong, written some time before the year 626, when he presented his work to the Emperor...

, and Shushu jiyi from Yongle Encyclopedia, as basis for copying into Siku Quanshu

Siku Quanshu

The Siku Quanshu, variously translated as the Imperial Collection of Four, Emperor's Four Treasuries, Complete Library in Four Branches of Literature, or Complete Library of the Four Treasuries, is the largest collection of books in Chinese history and probably the most ambitious editorial...

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