Kanchusen - Kanchusen

Japanese: 環中仙 - かんちゅうせん
Kanchusen - Kanchusen


[Geometric Puzzle]
A geometric puzzle is a puzzle that involves shapes. Figure 9-a is from the book Heguo Zhihui Quan (1727) by Huan Zhongxian (date of birth and death unknown), and asks how to cut a rectangle into a square. Figure 9-b is the solution, which, although simple, captures the nature of a geometric puzzle well.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kanchusen" are listed below.

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Japanese:


[幾何パズル]
 図形に関するパズルが幾何パズルである。図9‐aは環中仙(生没年不詳)著の《和国智恵較》(1727)にあるもので,長方形を正方形に裁ち合わせる方法を尋ねている。図9‐bはその解で,単純ながら幾何パズルの性格をよくとらえている。…

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