Zhuge Liang has long been a symbol of wisdom and wisdom in ancient my country. Zhuge Liang was a native of Langya Yangdu, Xuzhou. In his early years, his uncle Zhuge Xuan traveled to Jingzhou. After his uncle died, Zhuge Liang lived in seclusion in Jingzhou Long. While studying and farming. In 208, he was assisted by Liu Bei's three visits to thatched cottage, and he joined Soochow Sun Quan in the same year. The Battle of Chibi smashed Cao Jun's millions. Formed the trend of the Three Kingdoms. Zhuge Liang was not only a military strategist and statesman, but also an inventor. There are many magical inventions under Zhuge Liang, such as the famous Zhuge Liannu, and the wooden cow and horse that he invented during the Northern Expedition. Solved the problem of long-distance transportation of grain in Shuzhong.
There is such a record in "Three Kingdoms, Later Master Biography": In the 9th year of Jianxing, Liang returned to Qishan with wooden oxen, and the food was exhausted and the soldiers were retired. According to Wuzhangyuan of Wugong, the masses came out of the Xiegu and flew with King Sima Xuan to Weinan. So this is also the reason why "Wooden Niu Liuma" has always been controversial. If there is no related record of "Three Kingdoms", it is only the description in "Three Kingdoms". I am afraid that many people will not believe that there is such a thing. But up to now, experts and scholars have still not been able to decipher the structure of "Wooden Cow and Flowing Horse". After all, in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", the author Luo Guanzhong described the wooden cow and flowing horse as a god.
"The curved one is a bull's head, the double is a bull's foot, the horizontal is a bull collar, the turner is a bull's foot, the covering is bull's back, and the square is bull's belly. The hanging one is the ox tongue, the curved one is the beef rib, the engraved one is the bull tooth, the standing one is the horn, the thin one is the martingale, and the photo is the cow shaft. The cow raises the double shaft, the person walks six feet, and the cow walks four steps. Ten people eat one month’s food". So, what kind of thing is this "Wooden Niu Liuma"? Is it fictitious? Why adopt the appearance of a cow and a horse instead of others?
The last question is the best answer. The appearance of a cow and a horse is easy to hide in the forest. It is not easy to be spotted by the enemy. Moreover, the ancient cattle and horses themselves were the main tools of transport. Therefore, it is very reasonable to use such an image, as for whether it is fictional. It may not be as exaggerated as described in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. After all, even Zhuge Liang is more or less mythical in the novels, not to mention a tool without much historical records. But there are also related records in "Three Kingdoms". So such things must also be real.
So what exactly is "Wooden Bull Flowing Horse"? In later generations, there are many versions made in China, but almost none of them has the expected effect. But according to the relevant geographic location and the relevant ergonomics knowledge. Mu Niu Liuma should have four feet and a rolling wheel in the middle. Because of the mountain transportation in Sichuan, you have to walk on mountain roads or plank roads. "Shu Road is difficult to go to the blue sky" This sentence must have been heard by everyone. The uphill road needs wheels to rotate, which saves manpower. The four legs can be vertically extended and moved up and down to coordinate with the ups and downs of the ramp to play a fixed role. This is what the wooden cow and Liuma look like.
Of course, this is also a kind of inference. Many experts have made it, but none of them is as fascinating as the description in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms. There are also many versions of wooden cow and flowing horses in modern times. Perhaps one of them has copied Zhuge Liang’s "Wooden Cow and Flowing Horse", but everyone is not willing to accept it. After all, the description of Wooden Cow and Flowing Horse in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is too perfect, and all many experts have it. Suffering.
