https://yipsf.leafbear.com/tags/figures/ Recent content in Figures on yipsss Hugo -- gohugo.io en © 2026 April Yip Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:41:00 +0000 https://yipsf.leafbear.com/blog/if-wise-2/ Sun, 09 Nov 2008 05:41:00 +0000 https://yipsf.leafbear.com/blog/if-wise-2/ 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.”