Master Archaeologist

Chapter 116 Nangong Shi: I have two big boys!
After chatting with the teacher, Chen Han turned around and came to the cultural relic storage room.

As soon as he entered the door, he heard Professor Li's exclamation.

"Yu said: Yu Ji's great-great-great-grandson, Mu Shan Dunmin, fears the fate of heaven, and is destined to be Zeng Tu!"

"This inscription once again provides new direct evidence that Zeng Guo's family name is "Ji"!"

Upon hearing this, Chen Han hurriedly walked to Professor Li's side, and stretched his head to look at the inscription rubbings in his hand.

Ji, also known as Houji.

Surnamed Ji, first name Qi, is the great-great-grandson of the Yellow Emperor and the eldest son of Emperor Ku.

In "Historical Records Zhou Benji", the birth of Hou Ji also has a metaphysical color. According to legend, Jiang Yuan, the daughter of the Tai family, was abandoned by stepping on the footprints of giants.

Perhaps it is because Liu Bang's "cutting the white snake uprising" and "the son of the Red Emperor" "conceived by his mother with a god" etc., in order to maintain the rationality of his rule, he used metaphysics to make money for himself.

Therefore, in the "Historical Records", Tai Shigong recorded the kings of the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, which are also full of metaphysics.

But aside from these metaphysical overtones, in the eyes of the Zhou royal family, Hou Ji was their ancestor.

Since Zenghou claimed to be the great-great-grandson of Ji, it undoubtedly proved once again that Zenghou was Ji's surname.

And the following passage is what Zeng Houhe boasted, saying that he, Mu Shan Dunmin, ruled Zeng Guo according to the order of heaven.

On the No. 1 chime, there is also an inscription "Recovering Zeng Jiang". These two sentences are the great achievements that Zeng Houyu engraved for himself.

"Xiao Chen? I was looking for you!"

Seeing Chen Han came back, Professor Li hurriedly pulled him to a corner and sat down.

"I thought about it for a long time, and I think that the "Nangong" written on the No. 1 chime may not be Nangong Shi, but his eldest son."

Hey, Chen Han smiled.

Sure enough, wise men tend to coincide with each other!

Chen Han asked with a smile: "Professor Li, what do you think?"

He wanted to hear Professor Li's thoughts and see if the two thought of going together.

Professor Li didn't continue talking, but instead asked: "Xiao Chen, do you still remember the big Yu Ding?"

Chen Han nodded suddenly.

How could the famous Da Yu Ding not know about it.

The Big Yu Ding is a bronze tripod of the Western Zhou Dynasty unearthed in Li Village, Mei County, Shaanxi Province during the Daoguang period of the Qing Dynasty. After being unearthed, it was sold to the cultural relics market.

Later, it was hidden in the Shanghai Museum in 1952, and then it was borrowed by the National Museum, and it is still on display at the National Museum.

The reason why this tripod is called Big Yu Ding is that the maker of the tripod was named after the minister named Yu during the reign of King Kang.

A small Yu Ding was unearthed together with the Big Yu Ding.

However, after the Xiaoyuding was unearthed, it was bought and sold several times, and then it was lost.

As soon as Professor Li mentioned Da Yu Ding, Chen Han vaguely guessed what he was going to say.

Before the chime bell from Tomb M1 of Wenfeng Pagoda was unearthed, there were not no bronze inscriptions mentioning "Nangong", the most famous of which was the Da Yu Ding.

On the big Yuding, there is such an inscription.

The king said: "Your Yu Xing is the descendant of Nan Gong!"

"The king said, Yu, you must learn from your ancestor Nangong!"

There is another inscription.

Yiruzu Nangong Banner (a kind of flag) is used for war.Yi Rubangsi Sibo people.

"I will give you the banner of your ancestor Nangong for hunting, and I will give you four officials from your state."

The "Nangong" here refers to Nangong Shi, and this idea has long been proposed in the academic circles.

However, before the chime bell from Tomb No. M1 of Wenfeng Pagoda was unearthed, the words on the Da Yu Ding will not have any connection with Zeng Guo.

But now it's different!
The Da Yu Ding can be determined to have been made in the 23rd year of King Kang.

The "Nangong" recorded in the chime bell of Zeng Houyu was the one who assisted King Wen and King Wu.

Calculating from the timeline, it is obviously in line with the ancestor of the minister named Yu during King Kang's period!

That is to say, Yu and Zeng Houyu are both descendants of Nangong.

"In my opinion, it's the same as Duke Zhao was conferred on Yan, but his son Ke was conferred on Yan, and Duke Zhou was enfeoffed on Lu, but his son Boqin was conferred on Lu."

"As a minister whose status was similar to Duke Zhao and Duke Zhou at the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, when Nan Gong was enfeoffed in Zengdi, he was not granted the title himself, but was granted by his descendants."

"Because the development of southern land was very important to Zong Zhou at that time, sending Nangong Shi, who was called "Nan Gong", also reflected the importance he attached to the south."

"However, "Nangong" should have been a hereditary position left in the Zhou royal family to serve, similar to "Taishi"."

"So Nangong Shi sent his eldest son to Jiufeng, and he himself stayed in the center to assist Chengwang."

Professor Li opened the "Book of History" at hand, turned to the chapter of Gu Ming, pointed to the above sentence and said to Chen Han:
"It was mentioned in the Shangshu that there was a minister named Nangong Mao who, after the death of King Cheng, led a tiger to welcome Prince Zhao."

"Combined with Nangong Shi who once assisted the young King Cheng."

"Then, it can be guessed that Nangong Mao should be Nangong Shi's second son. After Nangong Shi's death, he inherited Nangong Shi's position in the central government and served in the imperial court."

"It is known from the Great Yu Ding Ming that Yu's father, Nangong Maoying, died in the early years of King Kang, when his son Yu was still young."

"That's why there is this passage of King Kang teaching Yu on the Da Yu Ding."

Yu is also a well-known minister in the early Western Zhou Dynasty. His great name is not recorded in the historical records, but only known from the unearthed inscriptions.

On the small Yu Ding that has been lost, it is recorded that Kang Wang ordered Yu Fang to conquer ghosts and captured a large number of people and livestock.

At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, six bronze wares were discovered in Anzhou, that is, on the later famous Anzhou Six Wares, such an inscription was also recorded.

"The year when the king ordered Nangong to fight against the tigers"

The six utensils in Anzhou are all the time utensils of King Zhao, which means that this passage records the events of King Zhao.

The "Nangong" here refers to Nangong Yu.

Judging from the big Yu Ding, Yu's father died in the early years of King Kang, and he was still young, so Yu was still a young man during King Zhao's time, and King Zhao ordered him to attack Hufang.

From these inscriptions handed down from generation to generation, it can be seen that Nangong Yu was a strong man, and he was a strong man who spanned the Kangzhao period and made great military exploits for the Zhou royal family.

It is equivalent to Bai Qi of Qin, Wei Qing of Han, and Guo Ziyi of Tang, all of whom are great generals of the country.

"The later Nangong family, if traced back to their origin, should all be from the Nangong Yu family."

Professor Li shook his head, and said with some sighs: "The line that was sealed in Zeng Guo should have been named Zeng later, and finally changed to Sui surname."

"This is why historians have never linked Nangong and Zeng Guo before."

"No one would have imagined that Nangong Shi's bloodline would be so strong. The eldest son was conferred the title of Zeng Guo and became the head of the eastern Han kingdoms. He dominated the south and was the ancestor of the world's surnames."

"The second son inherited Nangongshi's central official position, and his descendants made great military exploits for the Zhou family, becoming the grand master of the Nangong clan and the ancestor of Nangong in the world."

With his mouth half open, Chen Han quickly digested Professor Li's remarks in his mind.

I have to say that Professor Li's argument is really convincing!

The research he made was far more complete and credible than Chen Hanna's judgment based on intuition and guesswork, "If Nan Gongshi doesn't exist, seal him off".

Combining the Big Yu Ding, Xiao Yu Ding, Anzhou Six Utensils and "Shang Shu", there are documents handed down from ancient times and archaeological evidence. Both evidences can prove that this statement is reasonable and most likely!

The Nangong family was divided into two in the early days of becoming a king, and each developed independently, and each developed very well.

Only then will there be a phenomenon that the Dayu Ding, Zenghou and Chime Bells all offer sacrifices to "Zun Nangong".

The situation of two branches of one lineage was also very common in that clan-centered era.

The old winners were also divided into two branches, one established the state of Qin, and the other established the state of Zhao.

The vassal states with the surname of Ji were also separated from the members of the Zhou royal family.

And the high-ranking nobles, ministers and officials in each prince's country were separated from the prince's family.

The entire history of the Zhou Dynasty is actually a process of continuous internal division of each family, the big clan is divided into small clans, the small clan is divided into small clans, and then merged again.

It is quite normal for Nan Gongshi to have two descendants.

It's just that the tomb of Marquis Zeng did not appear before, so modern people don't understand this top nobleman of the Western Zhou Dynasty 3000 years ago!

Chen Han praised: "Professor Li, your inference is enough to start writing a thesis on the study of the Nangong family lineage."

"Submitting to core journals is not a problem!"

Professor Li smiled veiledly: "It's just a guess, it's not perfect yet, and it still lacks some key evidence."

"It would be great if more inscriptions could be unearthed in the future."

"It is best to relate to the inscriptions in the early days of Zeng Guo, or the early Western Zhou Dynasty."

"By the way, didn't you go to the Yejiashan cemetery today to inquire about the news?"

"Have they made any important discoveries over there?"

As soon as this was mentioned, Chen Han sighed.

"They haven't dug the tomb of Marquis Zeng yet, but they have confirmed that Yejiashan is an early cemetery of Zeng State, where the early kings of Zeng State are buried."

"There is a high probability that there are tombs of the first three generations of Zeng Guo."

"Just wait for the next excavation."

Professor Li's eyes lit up, as long as he can confirm that the Yejiashan cemetery is the early Zenghou cemetery of Zeng State!
As for the tomb of Marquis Zeng, the tombs on the Yejiashan side basically showed signs of being robbed, and only a very small number of tombs escaped the robbing.

That is to say, most of them need salvage excavation.

Sooner or later the tomb of Marquis Zeng will be dug out.

Let's pray now that the tomb robbers didn't steal all the bronzes from the tomb of Marquis Zeng in Yejiashan, and left some artifacts with research value.

"I don't know how the excavation in the jujube forest is going." Professor Li said with some expectation:
"The Institute of Archeology and Museum of Peking University and the Hubei Institute of Archeology excavated over there, and the action should be faster than ours."

"Why is there no movement at all?"

"After we found the chime bell with the inscription in the tomb of Marquis Zenghe, we sent them a rubbing picture of the inscription right away!"

Spring and Autumn Zeng State Noble Cemetery in Jujube Forest.

This is really next door to the Wenfeng Pagoda cemetery, both of which belong to the Yidigang tomb group, and are very close to each other, with a straight-line distance of less than 2 kilometers.

Walking from Wenfeng Pagoda, you can reach Zaoshulin Cemetery in at most ten minutes.

Geographically, the two cemeteries are almost adjacent to each other.

Chen Han rolled his eyes.

In other words, he knew more people at the Institute of Archeology and Museum of Peking University, and several seniors and sisters followed to participate in the excavation work.

How about going to the jujube forest cemetery next door tomorrow?
"duang!"

A strange noise interrupted Chen Han's meditation.

The door of the cultural relics storage room was violently knocked open from the outside.

Kong Jianwen walked in with a face full of excitement.

"Old Li, Xiao Chen!"

"The Zaoshulin cemetery next door has dug up the tomb of Marquis Zeng!"

"The name has been confirmed! It's called Marquis Zengqiu!"

Chen Han raised his head abruptly, with both surprise and joy on his face.

This is really talking about Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here!

(End of this chapter)