This paper gives a review of The Annotations for Suanshushu Written on Zhangjiashan Han Tomb Bamboo Strips by Peng Hao. It is known that the transcription of Bamboo Suanshushu was first published in Cultural Relics, No. 9, 2000. But the transcription is difficult to read, because in it there are many misprinted, miscopied, missing words and mistakes. Much is done in Peng's book to restore the order of bamboo strips, to collate the miscopied words and to correct the mistaken numbers. Based on analysis of historical background and archaeological discoveries, Peng Hao concluded that in Suanshushu many problems did not appear at the same time, and that some problems were closely related to the official affairs of lower government administration during the pre-Qin period. So his statement is very important for exploring the evolution of mathematics from pre-Qin period to Han dynasty. But, through critical reading, the paper points out that in Peng' s book there are some wrong collations and annotations which were made by Peng himself and some mistakes in Suanshushu which he failed to correct. Although Peng' s book is really praiseworthy in providing facilities for further study, the numerous defects in it make readers feel regretable indeed.
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