I hope you are satisfied with the answer. To calculate Confucius' true height, you need to solve the following two questions first: 1. Does the "nine feet and six inches" recorded in "Historical Records" belong to the era when Confucius lived (Spring and Autumn Period) , the size of the country (Lu State), or the size of the Western Han Dynasty when Sima Qian lived? 2. Today, there must be ancient rulers from the corresponding period for measurement. When ancient people wrote books, they sometimes used the documents and legends of previous dynasties, and sometimes used new names. It is difficult to decide. The "nine feet and six inches" mentioned in "Historical Records" are all possible ancient rulers from the Western Zhou Dynasty, Spring and Autumn Period (Lu State), and early Han Dynasty. Today we can find rulers from various periods including the Western Zhou, Warring States and Western Han dynasties, all of which differ in actual size. Therefore, the height of Confucius calculated based on them is not exactly the same. The general situation is as follows: The Zhou Dynasty bone ruler unearthed from Yinxu, Anyang, Henan, is 21.92 centimeters today. According to this size, Confucius was 2.1 meters tall; the Warring States bronze ruler unearthed from the Jincun Tomb in Luoyang, Henan is 23.1 centimeters today. Centimeters, according to this size, Confucius's height is close to 2.2 meters; The Warring States copper ruler unearthed from the Chu tomb in Shouxian County, Anhui Province is now 22.5 centimeters. According to this size, Confucius's height is 2.16 meters; 1968 to 1985 There are seven types of wooden rulers, iron rulers, copper rulers, bamboo rulers and bone rulers unearthed from the Western Han Dynasty. The shortest is 23 cm and the longest does not exceed 23.6 cm. According to these rulers, Confucius's height is 2. Between 2 meters and 2.26 meters. No matter which ruler is used, Confucius's height is more than two meters (I once estimated that Confucius's height was 1.88 meters in the book "Like Yesterday", but it seems to be inaccurate). Human beings in ancient times were generally shorter in stature, with most ordinary people being less than 1.6 meters tall. It is not difficult to imagine that Confucius's height was so eye-catching during his lifetime. In fact, even today, when the average height of human beings has greatly increased, Confucius's height is far higher than that of ordinary people. Today, Confucius would probably be called a "giant".