Timeline for What does 朱幂 and 黄幂 mean in this ancient illustration of the Pythagorean Theorem?
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| Nov 17, 2023 at 16:52 | comment | added | joehua | Here is the original text of 《周髀算經》。You see it says on the side 朱實六黃實一。Here is a scanned page from《周髀算經注》. It does say 朱實，此層實朱色。On the next page, you see 此層實青色，此層實黃色。 | |
| Nov 17, 2023 at 12:23 | comment | added | Mike M | while the maths are cool, i can't help but imagine this is closer to what the OP is asking :) I wonder if the original had color, or if the colors were stock phrases for labels | |
| Nov 16, 2023 at 12:28 | history | answered | joehua | CC BY-SA 4.0 |