1700多年前,蜀汉丞相诸葛亮造木牛流马载运粮草,奔波于“猿猱欲度愁攀援”的蜀道之上,这始终是一段令人饶有兴味并勾人遐思的历史故事;木牛流马是一种技艺神奇的古代机器人,抑或仅仅是一种后世司空见惯的精巧运输工具呢?这更是研究中国古代机械工程史的中外学者们历久不衰的问题。他们多数认为至今仍在四川民间广为使用的鸡公车与木牛流马有着无法割裂的历史渊源。 More than 1,700 years ago, the prime minister of Zhuhai, Zhuge Liang, made the animal husbandry of Zhuge Liang carrying forage grass and proceeding from the “Shudou” where “the ape was anxious to climb”. This is always a historical story that is very interesting and intriguing. Is this a mysterious ancient robot, or is it just a kind of exquisite means of transportation which is commonplace in the world in the future? This is a matter of continuing study for the Chinese and foreign scholars in the history of ancient Chinese mechanical engineering. Most of them think that the chicken bus and wooden ox horse, which are still widely used in Sichuan, have an indelible history.