十一、筹算珠算考略 我国最早的计算工具是竹制的筹策或算筹。运用这种竹筹进行计算称“筹算”。它创自何人何时,史无明文,似也无人作过认真考证。南朝的刘敬叔在《异苑》中谈到:“古云,越王行海,曾在舟中作筹算”,似乎是越王首先制作的。不过他的根据是古代的传说(古云);又说越王把多余的竹筹弃于南海而变成一种名为“越王余算”的珊瑚,这就把筹算这一历史事件神话化了。但《老子》中也提到“善 XI, planning abacus test The earliest calculation tool in our country is bamboo policy or plan. Use this kind of bamboo chips for calculation called “planning.” When it is founded, when there is no clear history, no one seems to have done serious research. In the Southern Dynasties, Liu Jingshu talked about in “Different Courts”: “The ancient cloud, the king of the sea, had been making plans in the boat” seems to be the first one produced by Yue. However, his basis was the ancient legend (ancient cloud); he said that the more King turned the extra bamboo into the South China Sea and turned it into a coral named “Yue Wang Yu Juxian”, which put myth about the historical event . However, “Lao Zi” also mentioned "good