九九歌就是我们现在使用的乘法口诀。远在公元前的春秋战国时代,九九歌就已经被人们广泛使用。在当时的许多著作中,都有关于九九歌的记载。最初的九九歌是从“九九八十一”起到“二二如四”止,共36句。因为是从“九九八十一”开始,所以取名九九歌。大约在公元五至十世纪间,九九歌才扩充到“一一如一”。大约在公元十三、十四世纪,九九歌的顺序才变成和现在所用的一样,从“一一如一”起到“九九八十一”止。现在我国使用的乘法口诀有两种,一种是45句的,通常称为“小九九”;还有一种是81句的,通常称为“大九九”。
The Nine-Nine Song is the multiplication formula we use now. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period before Christ, the Nine-Nine Song was already widely used by people. Many works at that time had records about the Nine-Nine Song. The original Nine-Nine Song was from "Nine Nines are Eighty-One" to "Two Twos are Four", with a total of 36 sentences. Because it started from "Nine Nines are Eighty-One", it was named the Nine-Nine Song. Around the fifth to tenth century AD, the Nine-Nine Song was expanded to "One One is One". Around the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries AD, the order of the Nine-Nine Song became the same as it is used now, from "One One is One" to "Nine Nines are Eighty-One". There are two types of multiplication formulas used in my country now, one is 45 sentences, usually called "small Nine-Nine"; the other is 81 sentences, usually called "big Nine-Nine".