This was the most bothersome problem for Kuo Mei-fang. "I was sure the clock tower could be made to be very precise, but only if it was built by very skilled craftsmen. This might have been possible for an ancient emperor to arrange, but for me as a lowly civil servant it was a tall order."
郭美芳最苦惱的，也就在這個部份，「我確信水運儀象台可以很精準，但前提是必須有很精準的工人，這對古代的皇帝是有可能的，但對我一個小公務員，是天方夜譚。」