几何原本

The ´Elements´ (of Euclides Geometry) spreads the knowledge of plane geometry in China.

《几何原本》（欧几里得几何）在中国传播了平面几何的知识。

I´m creating this version of Euclid´s Elements for a couple of reasons.

我之所以创作这个版本的几何原本有两个原因。

Works of science and mathematics, such as Euclid´s Elements, are generally not represented.

科学和数学的著作，例如欧几里德的《几何原本》，是概述性的和代表性的。

The application of areas, which is an important method in Euclid´s Elements, involves the origin of Greek mathematics.

面积贴合法是欧几里得《几何原本》中的重要方法，它甚至涉及希腊数学的起源问题。

This paper expounds the production of the Chinese version of Euclid´s Geometry, its basic content structure and important contribution to Mathematics and the human civilized history.

阐述了欧几里德《几何原本》中译本的产生、基本内容结构及其在数字与人类文明史上的重要贡献。