Prospect and Review About Space, Time and Number Research in Ancient China

Abstract

Interactions between space, time, and number have become a major issue in cognitive science. Space, time, and number are three domains which are closely related to our everyday interactions with the world, how to perceive and understand them are tightly connected throughout human experience and behavior. In ancient China, the relationship between the three notions can be represented in ancient works, such as YiChing and ShiChing etc. This paper mainly does review study about space, time and number research in ancient study, and try to give the readers some prospects for this research in future.