From the late 40s of Kangxi, Michelle Ye began to look for and cultivate his own mathematical talents. At that time, the budding mathematical talents were Mei Juecheng, Chen Houyao, He Guozong, Ming Jiatu and others. They were all called into the palace by Michelle Ye to personally guide them to learn western mathematics. He explained "borrowing roots" to Mei Juecheng and "western positioning method and virtual metaphor method" to Chen Houyao.

In the fifty-second year of Kangxi, Michelle Ye decided to establish the Arithmetic Museum, which was located in Mengyangzhai, Changchun Garden. "I am a treasured and skillful official, each with his own duties, and I specially ordered Prince Dong Zhi to select the children of the Eight Banners to learn algorithms" ("Examples in Qing Dynasty"). Chen Houyao, who was a professor at Suzhou Fu Xue before entering the palace, knew the importance of a complete and accurate textbook to education. He once suggested to Michelle Ye that "books should be kept at a certain pace to benefit the world" (Biography of People in the Domain). This proposal coincides with Michelle Ye's idea for many years.

In the year when the Mathematics Museum was established, the third son of the Yellow Emperor was put in charge of organizing and compiling a large-scale series of books on astronomy, mathematics and music theory. Mei Juecheng, Chen Houyao, He Guozong and others are the main editors of this book. This book was compiled by Michelle Ye himself. Not only did he personally draw up the editorial policy, but he also took out the manuscript he had accumulated for decades as the material for compiling mathematics.