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==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:Magic Squares-German.jpg|400px|thumb|Magic Squares from the ''[[Book of Abramelin]]'']] | |||
Magic squares have a long history, dating back to at least 190 BCE in China. While ancient references to the pattern of even and odd numbers in the 3×3 magic square appear in the ''[[I Ching]]'', the first unequivocal instance of this magic square appears in the chapter called ''Mingtang' of a 1st-century book ''Da Dai Liji'' (''Record of Rites by the Elder Dai''), which describes ancient Chinese rites of the Zhou dynasty. | Magic squares have a long history, dating back to at least 190 BCE in China. While ancient references to the pattern of even and odd numbers in the 3×3 magic square appear in the ''[[I Ching]]'', the first unequivocal instance of this magic square appears in the chapter called ''Mingtang' of a 1st-century book ''Da Dai Liji'' (''Record of Rites by the Elder Dai''), which describes ancient Chinese rites of the Zhou dynasty. | ||