Sentence Break in Classical Chinese "Cao Chong Weighs Elephants"

Cao Chong/born/five or six years old, smart/within reach, with the wisdom of adults. When/Sun Quan/Ceng Zhi/Giant Elephant, Taizu/Desire/Know it/Weight, Visit it/Group, Salt/Don't Can/Out/Reason. Chong/Yue: "Make a statue/on the boat, carve/mark its water/reach it. If you weigh/take/carry, then/learn/know. " Taizu/Yue, that is/how to implement it.

2. Translation

When Cao Chong was five or six years old, he was as knowledgeable and resourceful as an adult. Once, Sun Quan sent a giant elephant. Cao Cao wanted to know the weight of the elephant, so he asked his subordinates and didn't know how to weigh it. Cao Chong said: "Put the elephant on the boat, mark the water mark of the flooded boat, then carry the goods on the boat, then weigh them one by one and sum them up, and you will know." Cao Cao was very happy and immediately adopted it.

Extended data

Historical background

Among the prodigies of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Chong is undoubtedly the most famous-of course, this is in recent decades. Originally from Kong Rong, there is a saying in San Zi Jing that "pears can be made at the age of four". Therefore, all literati will know this man. It's a pity that Kong Rong didn't die young. As a result, this position had to be given to Cao Chong.

Because of the story of "Cao Chong as an elephant", when we didn't know Cao Cao's name, we had idolized Cao Chong. In fact, Cao Chong is not only so "smart", but also "discriminating, born with beauty and different from others, so he is particularly popular."

He often uses his wisdom and position to do something important to save lives. According to historical records: "When the war is in turmoil, the punishment is heavy. ..... Who should be guilty of the crime, according to Chongwei, dozens of people before and after. " Probably because of this, he was loved by Cao Cao and was chosen as his successor at a young age. It's a pity that he only lived for thirteen years and was anxious to die.

Many people think that Cao Chong is generous, but Cao Cao likes him only because of his superior intelligence. If he hadn't died young, with his kindness, it was hard to predict what would happen in the inevitable struggle with Cao Pi and others. But I think we may have overlooked another aspect, and that is his relationship with another prodigy, Zhou Buyi. Zhou Buyi also got Cao Cao's unusual favor, but when Cao Chong died, Cao Cao immediately "wanted to get rid of it".

Sogou Encyclopedia-Cao Chong calls elephants

2. There is a sentence 1 in Cao Chong's Story, and another sentence: Cao Chong/born/five or six years old, with wisdom/meaning and if/ adult wisdom.

When/Sun Quan/Ceng Zhi/Giant Elephant, Taizu/Desire/Know it/Weight, Visit it/Group, Salt/Don't Can/Out/Reason. Chong/Yue: "Make a statue/on the boat, carve/mark its water/reach it.

If you weigh/take/carry things, then/check/know them. "Mao/yue, that is/how.

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Cao Chong said: "Put the elephant on the boat, mark the water mark of the flooded boat, then carry the goods on the boat, then weigh them one by one and sum them up, and you will know." Cao Cao was very happy and immediately adopted it.

Historical background of extended materials Cao Chong is undoubtedly the most famous among the prodigies of the Three Kingdoms-of course, this happened in recent decades, and it first came from Kong Rong. There is a saying in the Sanzi Classic called "Four-year-old can be a pear". As a result, all scholars know this man. It's a pity that Kong Rong didn't die young. As a result, this position had to be given to Cao Chong.

Because of the story of "Cao Chong as an elephant", when we didn't know Cao Cao's name, we had idolized Cao Chong. In fact, Cao Chong is not only so "smart", but also "discriminating, born with beauty and different from others, so he is particularly popular."

He often uses his wisdom and position to do something important to save lives. According to historical records: "When the war is in turmoil, the punishment is heavy. ..... Who should commit the crime of slaughter? Chongwei argued according to reason and relied on its help. There were dozens of places before and after. "

Probably because of this, he was loved by Cao Cao and was chosen as his successor at a young age. It's a pity that he only lived for thirteen years and was anxious to die.

Many people think that Cao Chong is generous, but Cao Cao likes him only because of his superior intelligence. If he hadn't died young, with his kindness, it was hard to predict what would happen in the inevitable struggle with Cao Pi and others. But I think we may have overlooked another aspect, and that is his relationship with another prodigy, Zhou Buyi.

Zhou Buyi also got Cao Cao's unusual favor, but when Cao Chong died, Cao Cao immediately "wanted to get rid of it". Cao Chong is an elephant.

3. How does the classical Chinese "Cao Chong Ruxiang" reflect the reading rhythm?

Cao Chongsheng is five or six years old/wisdom is at your fingertips/if you have the wisdom of an adult/when Sun Quan once made a giant elephant/when Mao wanted to know his weight/when visiting a delegation/when it was salty, he couldn't think of it/hurriedly said/put it on a big ship/engraved his water mark/weighed it/then the school knew/Mao Yue/how to ship it out immediately.

1, by Chen Shou (233 -297), written by Sesuke. A native of Han 'an County, Brazil (now Nanchong, Sichuan). A famous historian of Shu and Han dynasties in the Three Kingdoms and the Western Jin Dynasty.

2. Source: Three Kingdoms

By the time Cao Chong, the son of Cao Cao, was five or six years old, his knowledge consciousness and judgment were comparable to that of an adult. Sun Quan once sent a giant elephant. Cao Cao wanted to know the weight of the elephant, so he asked his subordinates, but he couldn't think of a way to weigh it. Cao Chong said: "Put the elephant on the big ship, mark where it reaches the surface of the water, and then let the ship load other things to weigh, and compare them to know the result." Cao Cao was very happy and did it at once.

4. Cao Chong's image principle:

Cao Chong may not know Archimedes' principle yet, but he summed up the application of the law of buoyancy from his life. The elephant is very heavy, and there is no scale that can directly weigh the elephant. Therefore, Cao Chong skillfully measured the elephant's mass by equivalent replacement method. He first put the elephant on the boat and made a mark on the surface of the boat. Then, drive the elephant down, put the stones on the boat, and weigh all the stones when the water surface reaches the mark just now. This is the quality of an elephant. Because according to the law of buoyancy, the ship can float on the water surface, and the quality of the discharged water is exactly equal to the total quality of the ship; If the water level is the same when the elephant and the stone are loaded twice, the discharged water volume is the same, and the mass of the ship itself remains the same, then the mass of the elephant and the stone is the same.

4. Cao Chong's original classical Chinese.

Cao Chongsheng is only five or six years old, and he has the wisdom of an adult. At that time, Sun Quan once gave birth to a giant elephant, and Mao wanted to know its weight. It is impossible to be reasonable under the group he visited. Chong said, "Put it on a big ship, carve its water mark, weigh it, transport it, and you will know." Mao said, that is, how to implement it.

translate

By the time Cao Chong was five or six years old, his knowledge and judgment were comparable to those of an adult. Once, Sun Quan sent a giant elephant. Mao wanted to know the weight of the elephant, so he asked his subordinates, but he couldn't say how to weigh it. Cao Chong said: "Put the elephant on the big ship, mark where the water surface reaches, then let the ship carry other things (when the water surface reaches the mark), weigh these things, and then compare them (the total mass of things is almost equal to the mass of the elephant)." Mao was very happy to hear this and did it immediately.

5. Cao Chong said in classical Chinese that Cao Chongsheng was five or six years old, and he had the wisdom of an adult. At that time, Sun Quan once gave birth to a giant elephant, and Mao ④ wanted to know its weight. Under the group he visited, there is no way to explain it. Chong said, "You put it on the big ship, carve its water mark, weigh it and you will know." Mao said, that is, how to implement it.

Word annotation

(1) comes from reflection. 2 wisdom: knowledge and judgment. 3 to: send. ④ Taizu: Wei Taizu Cao Cao, the father of Cao Chong. Salt doesn't make sense: no one can figure out a way to weigh an elephant. Salty, both; Out, come up with; It refers to the image; Richard, words mean "method". ⑥ Proofreading (ji4o): Contrast.

Poetry translation

By the time Cao Chong was five or six years old, his knowledge and judgment had reached the level of an adult. At that time, Sun Quan (the monarch of Wu) sent an elephant. Wei Taizu and Cao Cao wanted to know the weight of the elephant, so they asked his men. (They) can't think of a way to call it. Cao Chong said: "(first) put the elephant on the big ship, mark the place where the river can reach and leave traces outside the big ship, (then bring the elephant over,) weigh the stones and other things, and carry them to the big ship, (check the position of the big ship's draft at any time,) and you can know the weight of the elephant after comparison." Cao Cao was very happy after hearing this and immediately followed this method.

6. Classical Chinese 5. "Cao Chong is like an elephant" and "Cao Chong is like an elephant"

suggestion

Once, Sun Quan of Wu gave Cao Cao an elephant, and Cao Cao was very happy. On the day when the elephant was transported to Xuchang, Cao Cao led the civil and military officials and his youngest son, Cao Chong, to see it.

Cao Cao's people have never seen an elephant. The elephant is tall and big, and its legs are as thick as the pillars of the hall. When people get closer, they can't reach its stomach.

Cao Cao said to everyone, "This elephant is really big, but how much does it weigh?" Can any of you weigh it? "ah! How can you call such a big guy? Ministers are talking about it.

One said, "just build a top scale."

Another said, "How big a scale this needs! Besides, elephants are alive and there is no way to weigh them! I think we must kill it, cut it into pieces and weigh it. "

Hardly had he finished speaking when everyone burst out laughing. Everyone said, "What a stupid way you are! Isn't it a pity to kill an elephant alive in order to weigh it? "

Ministers tried many methods, but none of them worked. It's really embarrassing.

At this time, a child came out of the crowd and said to Cao Cao, "Dad, I have a way to call an elephant."

Seeing that Cao Chong was his favorite son, Cao Cao smiled and said, "What can you do at a young age? Tell it to me and see if it makes sense. "

Cao Chong said. Hearing this, Cao Cao cheered again and again, ordered the left and right sides to prepare elephants at once, and then said to his ministers, "Go! Let's go to the river to see elephants! "

Ministers followed Cao Cao to the river. There was a big boat parked in the river, and Cao Chong had an elephant brought on board. When the ship was stabilized, a road was carved on the horizontal plane of the ship's side. Then let people take the elephant to the shore, put the stones, big and small, on the boat one by one, and the boat will sink bit by bit. When the hull sank to the same height as the water, Cao Chong told people to stop loading stones.

The ministers opened their eyes wide, but at first they didn't understand what was going on. When they saw this, they couldn't help exclaiming, "Good idea! Good idea! " Now, as we all know, just weigh all the stones on the boat and add up the weights, and you will know how heavy the elephant is.

Cao Cao was naturally happier. He squinted at his son and looked at the ministers proudly, as if to himself: "You are not as clever as my little son!" " "

China's classical prose

original text

Cao Chongsheng is only five or six years old, and he has the wisdom of an adult. At that time, Sun Quan once gave birth to a giant elephant, and Mao wanted to know its weight. It is impossible to be reasonable under the group he visited. Chong said, "Put it on a big ship, carve its water mark, weigh it, transport it, and you will know." Mao said, that is, how to implement it.

translate

By the time Cao Chong was five or six years old, his knowledge and judgment were comparable to those of an adult. Once, Sun Quan sent a giant elephant. Mao wanted to know the weight of the elephant, so he asked his subordinates, but he couldn't say how to weigh it. Cao Chong said: "Put the elephant on the big ship, mark where the water surface reaches, then let the ship carry other things (when the water surface reaches the mark), weigh these things, and then compare them (the total mass of things is almost equal to the mass of the elephant)." Mao was very happy to hear this and did it immediately.