Chapter 181 — The Taixuan Canon of Calculation
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After yi the progression is by yi: yi times yi makes a zhao; yi zhao makes a jing; yi jing makes a gai. Beyond these, for remainders that cannot be divided out, the units below the ones place are fen, li, hao, si, hu, wei, xian, sha, chen, ai, miao, mo, menglong, qunxun, xuyu, shunxi, tanzhi, xuyu, liude, kongxu, and qingjing, descending by tens. A fen is one tenth, a li one hundredth, and so on. ①" Shen Mu was astonished. "And kongxu and qingjing -- what are those meant to calculate? " "The smallest particles of primal qi," said Fan Yunxiao. "The fourteenth chapter of the Dao Sword requires rune arrays to be inscribed upon the smallest particles of primal qi.
Without calculation, it cannot be mastered.
" Shen Mu was aghast.
He looked at the Taixuan Canon of Calculation and felt a headache coming on. "In forging all your various treasures you will need these calculations as well -- an error of a hairsbreadth and you are off by a thousand li.
" Shen Mu agreed, and praised him: "The Daoist sect's mastery of the numerical arts is truly extraordinary.
" He asked for instruction with an open mind, and Fan Yunxiao told him all he knew; Fan Yunxiao had already mastered the fifth chapter of the Dao Sword, and his attainments in the numerical arts were exceedingly high.