2003 Volume 6 Issue 2 Pages 233-244
The purpose of this paper is to examine the mathematics textbooks in China mainly from the historical point of view and to consider the significance of putting the historical teaching materials in the mathematics textbooks. From the historical viewpoint one may say that the historical descriptions taken up in Chinese mathematics textbooks are almost restricted within what related to China herself. It is also emphasized that the most essential significance of putting the historical teaching materials in the textbook is for pupils to be encouraged and yearned to study mathematics.