看过古典小说《三国演义》《水浒传》的人,对关云长和鲁智深一定都不会陌生:一个是身高九尺,武艺超群;一个是身长八尺,力大过人。他们都可以称得上是彪形大汉了。人们也就无形中产生一种印象,以为古人比今人高大。有人在展览馆中看到一些古代又长又大的战袍,更加深了这种想法。对于这个问题,不妨让我们来作一番细致的分析。第一、小说作为一种艺术作品,为了突出形象,总免不了艺术的夸张,因此它不能作为科学的证据;第二、过去武器落后,武将一般都是依靠本身的体力,有名的武将常常比当时一般人高大,这也是可以理解的。比如说,现在的篮球代表队员身材比较高大,我们总不能说现代人身高一般都达到了一米八、九吧。第三是古代的尺度与现在不同,一般比现在小。例如前汉时 People who read the classical novels The Romance of the Three Kingdoms and The Outlaws of the Marsh will certainly not be unfamiliar to Guan Yunchang and Lu Zhishen: one is nine feet high and has an outstanding martial arts; They can all be regarded as big guys. People also virtually produce an impression that the ancients are taller than the present. Some people in the exhibition hall to see some of the ancient long and large shirt, a deeper understanding of this idea. For this issue, let us make some careful analysis. First, the novel as a work of art, in order to highlight the image, the inevitable art of exaggeration, it can not be used as evidence of science; Second, the past, weapons are backward, the generals are generally relying on their own physical strength, the famous generals often than at the time Most people are tall, which is understandable. For example, the current basketball representative team is relatively tall, we can not say that modern people generally have reached a height of eight meters, nine bar. The third is the ancient scale is different from the present, generally smaller than it is now. For example, the former Han Dynasty