曹沖稱象

江西省南昌市 肖筱供稿

曹沖稱象

江西省南昌市 肖筱供稿

Caochong Weighing the Elephant

There was once a clever boy,who was Cao Cao’s son Cao Chong.When he was five years old,his knowledge and judgment was comparable to adults.

Once,Sun Quan sent a giant elephant.Caocao wanted to know its weight.So he asked his men,but all his men could not find a way to weigh the elephant.

Caochong who was nearby said,“Put the elephant in the boat,and mark the place the water reaches.And then put some stones until the water reaches the same level as it contains the elephant.We can know the weight of the elephant when we weigh the stones.”

Caocao was very pleased after hearing it,nodding his head.So he asked his men to do as his son said.

三國時期有個神童叫曹沖，他是曹操的兒子。曹沖五、六歲的時候，知識和判斷能力所達到的程度，可以比得上成人。

有一次，孫權送來了一頭巨象，曹操想知道這頭大象的重量。于是他詢問屬下，大家都不能說出稱象的辦法。

在一旁的曹沖說：“把象放到大船上，在水面所達到的地方做上記號。然后再讓船裝載石頭，讓水位和裝大象時候一樣。只需要稱一下這些石頭的重量就可以知道大象的重量了。”

曹操聽了點點頭，十分很高興。于是他馬上吩咐他的下屬照這個辦法做了。