Ancient image is a tool for writing and calculating, which was mainly used in ancient China. It is made of wood or jade, rectangular, with tiny grooves carved on its surface, and is used for layout calculation and writing records. Elephants were regarded as important cultural and academic tools in ancient times.
1, the origin and development of elephants.
The origin of elephants can be traced back to the Shang Dynasty to the Zhou Dynasty. The earliest elephants were probably tools for recording fields and calculating land area. With the passage of time, elephants have gradually developed into tools for recording words and calculating. By carving tiny grooves on wood blocks or jade, people can use elephants to record words and numbers.
2. The structure and material of the elephant.
The structure of an elephant is usually a rectangular square, with one end wide and the other narrow. It can be made of wood, jade, gold and other materials. One side of the surface is engraved with tiny grooves for recording characters and numbers. Some elephants are also carved with patterns and decorations, which shows the ancients' pursuit of art.
3. The use of elephants.
It takes some skill to record and calculate with elephants. People can point to the ditch marks to be recorded or counted with the image tip, and then put small wooden poles or stones on different ditch marks to represent various values. By moving these small wooden poles or stones to different groove marks, basic operations such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division can be performed.
4. The cultural and academic significance of elephants.
Elephants were widely used in cultural and academic fields in ancient times. It is one of the important tools for ancient scholars to record articles, poems and comment on classics and documents. Elephant heads are also used for calculation, mastering astronomical calendars and learning mathematics. It is not only a practical tool, but also a symbol of learning and knowledge.
5. Protection and inheritance of modern elephants.
With the development of modern science and technology, computing and recording tools have become more advanced and convenient, and elephants have gradually faded out of daily life. However, some precious ancient elephants are still preserved in museums and private collections, showing the brilliance of ancient culture and scholarship. At the same time, some lovers of traditional culture and ancient knowledge are also trying to inherit and study the history and application of elephants.
As a tool for recording and calculating, ancient images were widely used in ancient China. It is made of wood or jade, rectangular, with tiny grooves carved on its surface, which is used for placing records and calculating.
Elephant heads were regarded as important cultural and academic tools in ancient times, which were used to record articles, perform mathematical calculations and learn astronomical calendars. Although the elephant has been replaced by modern science and technology, it is still preserved as an important heritage of ancient culture and scholarship and has been passed down to this day.