REFLECTIONPAPER

1. Ifyouweretheadviseroftheking,whatwillyouadvisehimtobeabletomake
100,000arrowsinjustthreedays?
InreferencetotheknownChineseidiom,itwasstatedthatAgeneralshould
know about astronomy, geography, divination, yin and yang principles, and battle
formations,aswellasthescopeofthearmy,otherwiseheisgoodfornothing.
Theadviserprepared20boatsalongwith300soldiers.Theboatswereplacedin
thelakeandthesoldierswereafraidthattheywillbeattackedbytheopponentsbutthe
advisertoldthemtocalmdown.Soonafter,aheavyfogrisesandtheopponentsshoot
arrowstowardtheadviserandthesoldierbecauseofthefearthattheymaybeattacked.
Theboatswereabletocatchallthosearrowsandhewasabletogather100,000arrows
withinthelimitedtimegiventohim.Moreover,Iwilladvisethekingbasedonwhatthe
adviserintheidiomdid.Thistacticofhissavedalotoftime,effort,andmoney.

2. Fromyourlastvoyage,howwillyoumeasuretheliveelephant?(Consideryoudont
haveanyinstrumentstomeasureit)
Iwillplacetheelephantonalargeboat.Whentheboatsinks,Iwillmarkthe
levelthewaterreachedontheoutsideoftheboat.Afterwards,Iwillremovetheelephant
andputsomeweightsuntilthewaterreachedthesamemark.Asitreachesthesame
mark,Iwillremovetheweightsandadditalltogether.Thesumoftheweightswillbe
equivalenttotheweightoftheelephant.

Reference:
ThreeKingdoms:ZhugeLiangCapturesArrowswithBoatsofStraw.(n.d.).Retrievedfrom
http://www.shenyun.com/learn/article/read/item/iFdXfJV1Es/romanceofthethreekingdoms
zhugeliangcapturingarrows.html