Author: 真笑(洪卫华), from China, this question comes from his personal blog.
This is the 6th part of the series of dividing areas.
"Mencius" Sudoku
According to the following rules, the grid is divided into 9 different rigions, each regions contains 9 cells:
1.Fill in a number from 1-9 in each region, and make each row, column and region have no repeated numbers;
2. The external prompt numbers and symbols are displayed in the corresponding direction, between the numbers 1 and 9, the sum of the numbers between the regional dividing lines, and the regional dividing lines, and prompting in the correct order;
3. The external prompt number and symbol is black, which means the number 1 is on the left or above the number 9, and the external prompt number and symbol is red, which means the number 1 is on the right or below the number 9.
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Mencius (Mencius, 372 BC-289 BC), was born in the Warring States Period in China, a famous thinker and educator in ancient China, and a representative of Confucianism in the Warring States Period. Together with Confucius, he was called "Confucius and Mencius". Mencius inherited and carried forward the thoughts of Confucius and became the next generation of Confucian masters. His influence on Chinese culture in later generations was comprehensive and huge. Mencius and his followers wrote the book "Mencius".
Solution code: In the reading direction (from top to bottom, from left to right), the content of the irregular area where R6C5 is located, and the content of the irregular area where R1C7 is located, a total of 18 grids.
on 25. February 2024, 15:20 by zrbakhtiar
is there correction on the puzzle image? i cannot seem to proceed at some point. here is where i stuck (box 3 had 3 cells with repeated 6/7): https://snipboard.io/e6o83Z.jpg
update: hahahahahaha. sorry that I'm so stupid to not realize that I made a pre-default 9x9 grid, while it supposed to be chaos construction.
on 19. May 2021, 10:33 by cdwg2000
@Mody
Thank you for your translation, it is very clear! I will release the new problems of this series later, welcome to pay attention.
on 19. May 2021, 10:32 by cdwg2000
Modify the German version of the rules translation.
on 19. May 2021, 10:20 by Mody
Here the german Instruction for sentence 2 and 3:
Liegt die 1 vor der 9 (im Beispiel die 1 vor der 7), dann beschreiben die schwarzen Hinweise das „Geschehen“ dazwischen in exakter Reihenfolge. Gebietsgrenzen sind als Striche angegeben, Ziffern zwischen Gebietsgrenzen als Summen. Liegt die 9 vor der 1 (im Beispiel die 7 vor der 1), dann beschreiben die roten Hinweise das „Geschehen“ dazwischen in exakter Reihenfolge, wobei Gebietsgrenzen als Striche und Ziffern zwischen Gebietsgrenzen als Summen angegeben sind.
on 19. May 2021, 09:57 by cdwg2000
@Mody
I don’t know German too much. If possible, can you help translate the German rules? I quote your translation, thank you!
on 19. May 2021, 09:24 by Mody
Beautiful construction, it was a lot of fun
on 18. May 2021, 18:05 by Mody
Thanks, I understood the rules :)
The text from: "Liegt die 1 vor der 9...." is my attempt at a more understandable formulation of the German instructions.
Perhaps you would like to adopt it?
on 18. May 2021, 17:13 by cdwg2000
@Mody
To further explain the rules: 1. The external prompt number or symbol indicates the sum of the numbers in the same area between the number 1 and the number 9 in the corresponding direction and the area separator symbol, and display in the correct order. 2. If the number 1 is before the number 9, the prompt number is black; if the number 1 is after the number 9, the prompt number is red. 3. All the prompt numbers and compliances that meet the conditions have been given.
on 18. May 2021, 16:47 by Mody
I had some difficulty with the instructions. It would probably suffice to add "in example 1 before 7".
Here is an attempt:
Mit der Anleitung habe ich mich etwas schwer getan. Vermutlich würde genügen, wenn man den Zusatz „im Beispiel 1 bis 7“ einfügt.
Hier ein Versuch:
Liegt die 1 vor der 9 (im Beispiel die 1 vor der 7), dann beschreiben die schwarzen Hinweise das „Geschehen“ dazwischen in exakter Reihenfolge. Gebietsgrenzen sind als Striche angegeben, Ziffern zwischen Gebietsgrenzen als Summen. Liegt die 9 vor der 1 (im Beispiel die 7 vor der 1), dann beschreiben die roten Hinweise das „Geschehen“ dazwischen in exakter Reihenfolge, wobei Gebietsgrenzen als Striche und Ziffern zwischen Gebietsgrenzen als Summen angegeben sind.
on 23. April 2021, 14:46 by cdwg2000
Increase difficulty.
on 19. April 2021, 13:25 by cdwg2000
Repaired txt.
on 13. February 2021, 22:27 by cdwg2000
@MagnusJosefsson
Thank you for your evaluation, I am very glad you like it.
on 13. February 2021, 13:42 by marcmees
thanks to Jesper ..; didn't look that far to try an other solution code.
on 13. February 2021, 12:41 by Dandelo
Waaaaah! I used the penpa+ version and saw the bar in row 4 as black...
Here's a version with red bars, without solution check:
https://git.io/JtiZy
on 13. February 2021, 12:17 by MagnusJosefsson
Very nice, one of the best of the series!
on 13. February 2021, 10:41 by cdwg2000
Repaired solution code description.
on 13. February 2021, 10:10 by Jesper
A very fun puzzle! I do think the solution code description needs some correction, though. It says the 2nd area is the one containing "R7C1", but I think it should be "R1C7". At least, it only worked for me when I tried that instead. The solution code is also 18 digits (not 14 as mentioned).
******You are right,Thanks.
on 13. February 2021, 08:15 by cdwg2000
Remember as a solver, you need to use Red or Blue, or Green color to solve the sudoku for the solution to be verified by the answer check. The above is a reminder from Mr. Swaroopg. Therefore, please do not modify the color that has been set, it will affect your answer verification after the problem is solved.