摘要
ChineseabacushasbeenhailedasthefifthgreatinventionofancientChinaafterthecompass,papermaking,printingandgunpowder.Dr.Tsung-DaoLee,afamousphysicist,oncesaid,Ourforefathershaveinvented,ataveryearlytime,thebestcalculatingmachine-theabacus,whichisstillwidelyusedinthenation.TheZhusuan(AbacusCalculation)MuseumofShanxiMerchantsislocatedinQixianCounty,oneofthehistoricallyculturalcitiesofChina.Astheexhibitsonviewinthemuseumarerichinvarietyandgreatinage,themuseumbecametheonlyoneinChinathatfeaturestheabacusmethodologyofShanximerchants.DuringtheMingandQingperiods(13681911),Shanximerchants,whoinventedafinancialaccounttransferralsystemtoreducethedeliveryofcashfromoneplacetoanother,wererichandinfluentialacrossChina.AndsuanpanorChineseabacusisoneofthenecessitiesintheirpiaohaosorbankingfirms.Hencethesaying“Withtheclackofaabacus,10,000taelsrollin.”So,mostchildrenofthesewealthymerchantslearnedtodobusinessbylearningfirsthowtocalculateonanabacusframe.
出版日期
2004年02月12日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
