Top Ten Inventions of Zhu Geliang

Ge Liang, born in the fourth year of Han Lingdi Guanghe (181 AD), died of illness in the fourth year of Han Lingdi Guanghe (181 AD) in Shu Han, the word Kong Ming, the number of Wolong, Han nationality, Luangya Yangdu people, the prime minister of Shu Han, the three kingdoms period, the outstanding military, politicians, diplomats, astronomers, meteorologists, psychologists, physicists, chemists, calligraphers, writers, and of course, do not overlook the fact that He was also China's greatest inventor!

Zhuge Liang's top ten inventions are:

I. Wooden oxen and horses

Zhuge Liang from Hanzhong to the northern expedition against Cao Wei, due to the rugged journey, the army is inconvenient to transport the food, the five out of Qishan for the sake of convenience invented this means of transportation, known as: wooden oxen and horses. Its structure is extremely like the cow and horse. Legs made of thick wood. It is said that the wooden ox flowing horse carrying a year's grain can travel 20 miles a day, and can walk in the rugged mountain road, wooden ox flowing horse makes Shu soldiers can be in the treacherous Shu Road quickly march, the transportation of military food at that time has a great contribution. It not only had a large load capacity, but also did not need to add power. It did not eat or drink, did not shit or urinate, and could walk freely just by turning its tongue. The invention and use of the wooden oxen and horses was a major reform for transportation both then and now. It is a pity that the manufacturing process of the wooden oxen and horses is a high degree of state secrecy, not in the folk large-scale popularization and application, so, in the inventor Zhu Geliang died not long after, will be lost, it is regrettable.

It is presumed that the principle of its construction for the combination of winch and ropewalk, the core part of a group of horizontal direction to promote the winch into a vertical direction of rotation of a group of bevel gear drive, this tool is more advanced than the current, without energy, or can be understood as a violation of the laws of physics of the perpetual motion machine is the world's earliest prototype of the robot. Wooden ox flow horse, green, energy efficient, convenient and affordable, inexpensive, no noise and no pollution, 100 kilometers of fuel consumption for ?0?, such a ? Horse? Ah, who does not want a horse!

Second, eight array map

Eight array map is a formation, is Zhuge Liang out of the mountain after his own creation of the military array, he called gossip military array. Because Shu was mountainous, the army was dominated by infantry accustomed to fighting in the mountains and forests, and once it went north to the Central Plains, it was difficult to fight against Wei's cavalry. Zhuge Liang in order to improve the combat effectiveness of the Shu army, the ancient . The Eight Formations were changed to become the Eight-Formation Diagram, which was celebrated by the later generations. The Eight Formation Diagram has eight rows in each vertical and horizontal direction, using the supply wagon as the main shelter, commanding the army with drums and flags, etc. The soldiers are arranged in the shape of eight trigrams, with eight gates in and eight gates out. This formation is not easy to crack, good at confusing the enemy, and can change many formations. Zhuge Liang later and many times to transform this array, and by the soldiers array evolved into a stone array, horse array. This array is offered, any strong soldiers and horses, the courage of ten thousand, once lost in the array, are difficult to win.

Third, Zhuge Liang crossbow

Zhuge crossbow, also known as Zhuge crossbow, is a kind of bow and arrow can be launched continuously, at that time is a very powerful weapon for Zhuge Liang according to the old technology made, a time can be launched ten arrows, greatly improving the Shu army's combat effectiveness. Shu soldiers, although few, but can six out of Qishan, into the Wei River Plain, Wei soldiers hiding in the deep ditch and high barriers and do not dare to respond to the war, as well as nine years of Jianxing, Wei General Zhang He was killed by the Shu soldiers, can prove the effectiveness of the crossbow. This crossbow has two basic data, one is able to fire ten vectors in a row, and the second is that the length of the vectors is only eight inches. Chinese people use bow and arrow is the earliest in the world, Europeans just use bow and arrow, the Chinese have been used for nearly a thousand years. Zhuge Liang crossbow is the Three Kingdoms period of Shu Zhuge Liang created a crossbow, very advanced at the time, is the prototype of modern military weapons, but also the world's first semi-automatic weapons!

Fourth, steamed bread

Zhuge Liang in the pacification of Meng Yu on the way to the division, suddenly encountered the river winds, the local people want to use the human head to pay tribute to the souls of the dead. Zhuge Liang disdains this foolish and cruel practice. And the local natives said to Zhuge Liang: ? After the last time the prime minister crossing the Lushui, the water's edge is night and day ghosts cry God. From dusk to dawn, never stop. Zhuge Liang thought, it seems that the crime is on me, how can I implicate innocent soldiers and civilians, and decided to personally sacrifice offerings. Zhuge Liang thought hard and finally came up with a brilliant way to replace the human head with another object. He ordered the soldiers to kill cattle and slaughter sheep, cattle and sheep meat chopped into meat sauce, mixed into a meat filling, outside the bread on the flour, and made into a human head shape, into the cage drawer steamed. This kind of offering was called ? bun head? Zhuge Liang took the steamed buns made of meat and flour to the edge of the Lushui River, personally placed them on an offering table, worshiped them, and then threw them into the Lushui River one by one. Since then, people often use steamed buns as offerings for all kinds of sacrifices.

Because of this, it is not easy to find the right place for the right kind of food, but the right kind of food.

Fifth, Kongming lamp

This is Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition was Sima Yi trapped in Pingyang invented a kind of airborne lights used to send information to the rescue, but also the origin of the hot air balloon. In the technologically underdeveloped era of the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Liang can still be the world's first discovery of the principle of hot air balloon airborne people, is really the name of the Crouching Dragon!

Six, Kongming lock

Kongming lock - rumored to be the Three Kingdoms period of Zhuge Kongming according to the principles of gossip metaphysics invented a toy, had been widely circulated in the folk. Can you cross-fix six wooden bars together without nails and rope? More than two thousand years ago, Kong Ming invented a way to fix three sets of wooden strips vertically intersecting each other with a kind of occlusion, this occlusion is widely used in construction, and in folklore people made this invention of Kong Ming into a toy? Kongming lock. Original for the wooden structure, the appearance is a tightly knit cross cube, brain can be disassembled, mounted is not so easy. Unlock the Kongming lock to reproduce the ancient wisdom, do not let the wealth left by the ancients lost in the hands of our generation. The Prime Minister's wisdom on people's lives is a huge impact, Kongming lock is not so much a good intellectual toy but also Zhuge Liang's contribution to the Chinese architecture of the epitome!

Seven, Kongming chess

As early as Longzhong, Zhuge Liang intended to invent a chess. In 228 A.D., the southern part of the state of Shu rioted. Zhuge Liang, as the prime minister of a country, decided to lead his troops to conquer it himself. However, the situation was not so good: the climate in the south made it difficult for the soldiers to adapt. In addition, the army was uninteresting, and the southern king Meng Yu refused to submit for a long time. In such a situation, Zhuge Liang invented Kongming Chess to enliven the soldiers' boredom. The rules of Kongming Chess are simple and it is a kind of intellectual game. There are nine consecutive rings is also Zhuge Liang invented, including the previously mentioned Kongming lock, these intellectual toys have also been hit Zhuge Liang's registered trademark, visible Wuhou contribution to the development of the toy industry, but also can not be ignored ah!

Eight, fire beast

Zhuge Liang pacified the South, was a defeat: South King Meng Yu to beasts as soldiers, the use of elephants, tigers, bison, wolves and other beasts defeated Zhao Yun and Wei Yan's troops and horses. Zhuge Liang was inspired, he thought of the beasts are afraid of fire. So a few days later, he invented a weapon with a beast-like appearance, vermilion in color and capable of breathing fire to deal with Meng Yu's beast soldiers. Another ancient robot!

Nine, Hitchhiker's Gun

After Zhuge Liang pacified the south, he decided to wield his army to the north, to fulfill Liu Bei's wish of restoring the Han Dynasty. The terrain leading to the north is extremely difficult, with many mountains and rivers. Climbing the mountains is fine, but the key is crossing the rivers: the soldiers have to spend a long time building bridges every time. Zhuge Liang also suffered from this. One day, he remembered how the ancients made sickle hooks, and thus invented the bridging gun. The spear is as long as the red tasseled spear, and the head of the spear is in the shape of a conch, which is connected by biting, so as to achieve the purpose of building bridges. Fast and convenient, two uses in one, marvelous!

Tenth, landmines

In the world of war in the frequent use of landmines debut, is in Zhuge Liang's southern expedition to Mengwu. Literature: ? The name is ? Mines? , a gun in the hidden nine guns, thirty paces buried, in the middle of a bamboo pole through the section, to lead the medicine line; only a start, the mountain damage stone crack. Because the Shu army in the hands of swords and spears can not help Meng under the soldiers on the tough rattan armor, Zhuge Liang had to use landmines to break the enemy. At that time the so-called mines, but also is the gunpowder in a wooden box, because there is no fuse, had to use a bamboo tube filled with gunpowder as a fuse. Later, Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi's game had also used, unexpectedly heavy rainfall, resulting in pre-laid mines because the gunpowder was wet can not explode, Zhuge Liang gave up, unusually depressed, issued a ? The plan is in the person, the success in the sky? The heartfelt sigh. Zhuge Liang invented and use of landmines, is the initial use of chemistry in war. After the end of the Cold War era, people in Zhuge Liang invented landmines on the basis of the manufacturing process and the use of materials and other aspects of further improvement, and ultimately get the current landmines!