Postscript to the Diagrams of Wondrous Instruments

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All of them were famous artisans of the age, but their labor did not serve the public good; the benefits did not reach the common people, so in the end, they were not worth adopting. Only the "wooden ox and flowing horse" mechanical transport devices attributed to Zhuge Liang are still popularly praised to this day. Besides these, many are falsely attributed and are not authentic. Thus, the self-moving cart and the self-moving mill produced by the Duke are sufficient to...