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çžŽåæ‘¸è±¡. The story of the blind men and an elephant.
From Wikipedia: a group of blind men (or men in the dark) touch an elephant to learn what it is like. Each one touches a different part, but only one part, such as the side or the tusk. They then compare notes on what they felt, and learn they are in complete disagreement… (read more)
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曹沖稱象. This illustrates the story of Cao Chong’s method of weighing an elephant from the story “Records of Three Kingdoms”.
From Wikipedia: “Cao Chong (196 – 208) was a son of the powerful 3rd century Chinese Chancellor Cao Cao. He was renowned as a child prodigy, having the intelligence of an adult at the age of five. He is best known for his ingenious method of weighing an elephant using the law of buoyancy.”
