China has a very long history. In the long history, a lot of history has been nowhere to be verified. Many documents and materials left by the ancients are still confusing to modern people, and some mysteries are even today. No cracking either. Chinese historical documents record many inventions of the ancients, but we still don’t know the working principles of some inventions. The most famous one is the "wooden ox and flowing horse" designed by Zhuge Liang for transporting military rations. In "Liezi Tangwen", there is A story about "The Master Yan Shows His Skills" is very similar to modern robots. You must know that this book was written in the fourth century BC, more than 2,000 years ago. How does it feel to hold this story? Woolen cloth? Let’s find out more about it with the editor below. The beginning and end of the story
On his way back from an outing, King Mu of the Western Zhou Dynasty met a strange man. There was a man wearing colorful clothes beside him. King Mu felt very strange and asked who the man wearing colorful clothes was. Yanshi said respectfully: This is a puppet I made that can sing and dance. "Liezi" records: Yanshi paid an audience with the king. The king recommended him and said, "Who is wrong if you come with me?" ? He said: ? What I create can be promoted. ? King Mu looked at him in shock and looked down at him, trusting him. Qiaofu! If you hold its head, the song will be in harmony with the rhythm; if you hold its hand, the dance will be in harmony with the rhythm. It’s ever-changing, just as you like. ?
We can learn from the book that this puppet can clap and sing like a real person, and can also dance to the singing, and its movements are very flexible, just like a real person. King Mu became more and more amazed after watching the performance, so he took Yanshi and the puppets he made back to the palace, hoping that the people in the palace could also experience this amazing skill.
After returning to the palace, King Mu called his concubines to watch the performance together, but an accident happened. During the performance for the queen, the puppet blinked and began to tease the queen. King Mu was furious, thinking that there must be a real person among the puppets, so he immediately ordered Yanshi to be killed. Yanshi was shocked and quickly said that it was just a puppet. King Mu still didn't believe it, so Yanshi took apart the puppet himself. After the disassembly, the puppet became a pile of parts: Fu Hui leather, wood, glue, What lacquer, white, black, red, and blue are. According to Wang Di's theory, the liver, gallbladder, heart and lungs, spleen, kidneys, intestines and stomach are on the inside, and the muscles, bones, joints, fur, teeth and hair are on the outside. They are all fake, and they are all complete. ?After closing it, you can sing and dance again.
But King Mu finally believed what Yanshi said and couldn't help but sigh: "Man's skill can be as good as the creator's." ?It can be seen that the puppet made by this Yanshi is very similar to our modern robots, and does not require external driving, just like a living person. This is something that our modern bionic technology cannot achieve. Is it possible? Is it said that thousands of years ago, ancient Chinese people developed robots that could look fake and real? All this may never be answered.