80年代初,有人把《新齐谐》里一则记述“乾隆二十九年,西洋贡铜伶十八人,能演《西厢记》一部”的趣闻,广为介绍。说这些机器人,“其心、腹、肾、肠,皆用关键凑接,如自鸣钟法。”自鸣钟为西洋人首创,人们容易联系起来,误认为演艺机器人,也定必滥觞于西欧,我们中国人只有欣赏和钦羡这些洋玩艺的份儿。其实,根 In the early 1980s, some people introduced the anecdotal record of “A New Harmonious” in a book entitled “Twenty-Nine Years of Qian Long and 18 Western Songs of Copper Tongling,” a member of the “Western Chamber”. These robots, “their heart, abdomen, kidney, intestine, are key to catch up, such as chiming.” Chung chimes for the foreigners first, people easily linked, mistaken for acting robots, but also will start in Western Europe, our China People only appreciate and admire these foreign playful children. In fact, the root