Owing to the limitations of available historical literature,the study on Chinese mathematics in the Pre-Qin period has been a weak link among the studies on the history of Chinese mathematics in various periods.For the very first time,Prof.Zou has studied the topic completely and systematically in his monograph Mathematics in Pre-Qin Period,in which extensive materials are collected,external-history is used to verify internal-history and the method of pushing layer upon layer with a fulcrum is chosen.By discussing the achievements,characteristics and the context of the various stages of Chinese mathematics in the Pre-Qin period,the book has carried the study of Chinese mathematics in Pre-Qin period to a new stage .
