论中国古代数学的神秘文化色彩

Ancient Chinese Mathematics and the Mysticism

中国古代数学是在中国古代文化的土壤中生长出来的，它与古人的精神创造有着密不可分的关系。受中国古代各种神话、巫术思想的浸润，中国古代数学从滥筋之时就被笼罩在神秘文化的帐漫之下。与神秘文化相互交织、相互依托，这是中国古代数学存在与演变的一种基本特征。只有深入到数学文化史的这一层面，我们才能对中国古代数学的缘起、发生、发展直至衰落有一个客观、全面、正确的估计和认识。

Influenced by the mythology and witchcraft of ancient times , the existence and evolution of Chinese traditional mathematics was characterized by the mysticism, and depended upon and infiltrated into each other, from the very beginning. Only an analysis in depth in the sight of the mathematical cultural history can make us obtain the real knowledge about the evolution of Chinese traditional mathematics and its decline.