Master Archaeologist

Chapter 117 King Zhao went southward, and his fate was in Zeng

"Marquis Zeng begging?"

"Correct!"

Kong Jianwen, who entered the door, took out his mobile phone and showed Chen Han and Professor Li several inscriptions and textual research sent from the Zaoshulin cemetery.

"On the first month of the first lunar month of King Kai, at Ji Dinghai, Duke Zeng asked to choose his auspicious gold to make his own Yisheng Ding, and use it to enjoy the filial piety of the emperor Nangong. As for Huanzhuang, he used the flag to live forever, and he will use it forever."

"At the beginning of the first month of the first month of King Kui, Ji Dinghai, Yu Mi chose auspicious gold to make his own Zong Yi pot, and used it to enjoy his life and filial piety to the emperor Nangong as far as Huan Zhuang. With the flag, his eyebrows and eyebrows will live forever, and his children and grandchildren will always use it."

"On the first month of the first lunar month, King Kui, Ji Dinghai..."

"At the beginning of the first month of the first lunar month, Ji Yihai, Yu Mi, the king of Chu, has a life span of ten thousand years, and his descendants will use it forever."

There are a total of seven or eight inscriptions, each of which has similar content and can be roughly understood. It should be a batch of bronzes made by Zeng Houqiu and Zeng Houqiu's wife Mi Yu of Chu.

And they were all done on the day of "King Kui's first lunar month, Ji Dinghai."

It seems that it was planned in advance to make a batch of bronze sacrificial vessels uniformly.

"To be precise, the owner of the tomb is Zeng Gongqiu. There is too much evidence to prove his identity." Chen Han shrugged and said enviously.

Kong Jianwen smiled: "This is the inscription on the bronze ritual vessel unearthed in Tomb No. M190 of the Zaoshulin Cemetery."

"People from the Hubei Institute of Archaeology and the Institute of Archeology and Museum of Peking University have long coveted the Zaoshulin cemetery. After ten years of exploration work, they have basically figured out the situation of the burials in this cemetery."

"After the State Administration of Cultural Heritage approved the excavation in batches, they immediately started working on the largest tomb, M190."

"Tomb No. M190 is located in the north of the cemetery, and it is a "A"-shaped tomb with a sloped passage."

"The tomb has two tomb passages, the east and the west. The east tomb passage is the main one, and the north and west collapsed early, with irregular shapes."

"Because the eastern part was occupied by private houses, the excavation was not complete, and only half of the tomb was excavated."

"I heard from Lao Tan from the Hubei Institute that when the tomb was first excavated, the owner of the tomb had only one heavy coffin, and the shape was not the five-fold princes stipulated by Zhou etiquette."

"Old Tan thought he had found the wrong one. This is not from the tomb of Marquis Zeng."

"And when the tomb was dug, the inner and outer coffins had already been opened, and the cinnabar on the bottom of the coffin was clearly visible, and human bones were also stolen."

"Obviously it was first robbed by the tomb robbers."

"You know, in order to apply for the excavation project of this project, the Hubei Institute and the Institute of Archeology and Museum of Peking University spent a lot of energy and effort, and sacrificed a lot of contacts and favors to get it."

"As for tomb M190, the largest tomb in the Zaoshulin cemetery, it's not even Marquis Zeng, and it was robbed."

"At that time, Lao Tan's heart was half cold."

"But I didn't expect that more than 190 funerary artifacts were unearthed in the follow-up M320!"

"Musical instruments, weapons, carriages and horses, a small amount of toilets, and a large number of wine vessels and ritual vessels!"

"Furthermore, these bronze wares are in very good condition, and they have a copper-gold color, so they are beautiful."

"It can't even be called a bronze ware, it should be called a bronze ware!"

Kong Jianwen rambled, and showed Chen Han and Professor Li a bunch of photos of the unearthed cultural relics sent by his colleagues from the Jingzhou Archaeological Institute.

I have to say, it's really beautiful.

On those copperware, the golden color can basically be maintained, but there are a little more red and green rust spots.

Some rust spots happen to appear on the pattern line of the copper ware, dyeing the pattern lines green or red, and then matching with the overall golden color of these copper ware.

Not only is it beautiful, it may even be more beautiful than it is!
"It's really beautiful. It's rare to see a bronze ware with this level of preservation in ten years!" Chen Han was also surprised.

Compared with the Wenfeng Pagoda, the unearthed ones are covered in rusty green, and they don't even have a complete appearance, only half of their bodies are left.

The bronze wares unearthed from the Zaoshulin cemetery seemed to have just been cast.

One heaven, one underground, there is no comparison.

Chen Han became even more envious, and even had the urge to run to the Zaoshulin cemetery to see for himself.

Such a beautiful bronze ware, you must see it with your own eyes, and even touch it with your hands!

"According to the shape and structure of these bronze vessels, they are generally similar to those found in the Zhouyuan area."

Kong Jianwen explained: "At the Institute of Archeology and Museum of Peking University, it is basically certain that this Zeng Gongqiu should be a Zenghou in the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period."

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the princes of various countries used the titles of "gong and hou" more casually.

Regardless of whether it is a big country or a small country, its monarch will call himself "gong" in the bronze ware made by himself.

Not to mention Marquis Zeng, even the smaller states of Teng, Zhu, and Qin, on bronze wares from the Spring and Autumn Period, all call themselves "gong".

It is not surprising that this Zeng Gongqiu, as the monarch of the Spring and Autumn Period of Zeng Guo, called himself "Zeng Gong" on the self-cast bronze ware.

It was such a trend at the time.

"Of course, the most important thing is the inscription on the back."

Kong Jianwen forwarded several bronze inscriptions unearthed from Zeng Houqiu's tomb to his laptop.

"Look, on most of the bronze wares, there is this sentence: Use the enjoyment to show filial piety and say goodbye to the emperor Nangong to Huanzhuang."

"This emperor Nangong, and what we saw in the tomb of Zeng Houyu, "The king ordered Nangong to camp in the soil, and the king sheltered Huaiyi", are undoubtedly two-phase confirmation."

"At this point, it is a fact that the first ancestor of the Zeng Kingdom was "Nangong"."

"Also, a set of chime bells unearthed from Zeng Gongqiu's tomb also recorded a period of King Zhao's period."

Kong Jianwen opened the most important one among the inscription rubbings.

"King Zhao went south, and he was appointed by Zeng, and he became my edict. There are Zhou on the left and right, and he is bestowed with a battleaxe to conquer the south."

"It is suitable for the east of the Han Dynasty, and the south has no borders. It is involved in the conquest of Huaiyi, as for the prosperity of Yang."

"This is an inscription that records historical events such as King Zhao of the Zhou Dynasty's journey to the south and his strategy to the south!"

"During the time of King Zhao of Zhou, King Zhao once visited the south and met with the king of Zeng. He also gave him a battleaxe and gave him the right to lead Handong and conquer Huaiyi."

"There is no doubt that in the early Western Zhou Dynasty, Zeng State was one of the most important vassal states in the south of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and it can be said that it was the Bo State that ruled the south!"

"Moreover, he was the vanguard in the strategy of the south during the reign of King Zhao, and he was the most important force for expanding the influence of the south for the Zhou Dynasty and conquering the barbarians in the south."

"The importance of Zeng State to the Western Zhou Dynasty is just like that of Qi State. It shouldered the mission of defending the frontier and educating and conquering the local barbarians."

"It's just that Zeng State is not as lucky as Qi State. Qi State is close to the sea, and the local barbarians are not strong. Qi State, which has the right to conquer, quickly conquers east and west, obtains a huge land, and becomes a great land. big country."

"Beside Zeng Guo, there is Chu State, which is eyeing the Zhou Dynasty. From the Western Zhou Dynasty to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, it has always been at the forefront of resisting Chu State. It is a buffer line sandwiched between Chu and Zhou."

"Chu is not a weak Dongyi. They also have a civilization with a long history, and their ancestors are still Zhu Rong."

"It is very difficult for Zeng Guo to obtain any benefits from Chu State, and he can only barely resist Chu State's invasion."

"As the Zhou royal family gradually declined, Zeng Guo also gradually changed from "controlling civil and military affairs" to "controlling Chu State", becoming a vassal of Chu State, and finally died out sadly."

　There are photos of bronzes unearthed from tomb M190 in the comment area, you can go to the book review area to have a look.

　　It's really very beautiful, not like the "bronze" bronze ware that you often see.

　　It retains the style of the bronze ware just cast!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)