Master Archaeologist

Chapter 181 Spring and Autumn Brushwork
"Zhao Zhen"

"This is really another great addition to historical records by archaeological history."

Professor Li shook his head and sighed, "If it wasn't for the tomb of the Nanyue king, if it wasn't for the discovery of the tomb of Zhao Hu himself."

"I'm afraid no one will know his name as Zhao Xuan."

"Although it is said that historians record history impartially, especially the historians of the pre-Qin and Qin and Han Dynasties, even if they are threatened by power, they will not yield, and they will still record history fairly."

"But historians still have their own nationality and standpoint after all. They are not ruthless historical recorders."

For this special group of historians, they have been praised endlessly since ancient times.

The reason for the praise is to praise the integrity of the historians and praise them for their straight writing.

China has attached great importance to historical records since ancient times.

As early as the pre-Qin period, there were historians who specialized in recording various historical events.

Moreover, most of these historians are passed down from generation to generation in the family, forming a special professional inheritance.

These historians are proving to the world that they are straightforward.

In 607 BC, Duke Ling of Jin set up a "Hongmen Banquet" in order to get rid of Zhengqing Zhao Dun.

As a result, Zhao Dun ran away.

After learning about the situation, Zhao Dun's younger brother, Zhao Chuan, quickly retaliated by launching a surprise attack and killing Duke Ling of Jin in Taoyuan.

Dong Hu, the historian of Jin State at that time, justly left the five characters "Zhao Dun killed his king" in the history books.

It is straightforward to say that Zhao Dun is a powerful minister who committed chaos!

This evaluation, in the Spring and Autumn Period, was even more embarrassing to him than killing Zhao Dun.

Afterwards, Zhao Dun immediately approached Dong Hu, hoping that he could revise the records, that the person was not killed by Zhao Dun, but by his brother Zhao Chuan.

However, the historian knew very well.

As the ruling Zhengqing, Zhao Dun ran away when the monarch was killed. Although he did not leave the border, he did not arrest the real murderer when he came back. This is not the murderer, who is the murderer?

Zhao Chuan is just the sword, Zhao Dun is the real swordsman.

No matter what Zhao Dun said, Dong Hu was unwilling to revise the history books, so he had to write down Zhao Dun's murder of the king.

This incident has been sung for thousands of years and has always been regarded as a model for historians.

At the same time, it also laid a solid foundation for the rigor and correctness of Chinese history.

It's just that the historian may write straight, but this does not mean that the historian has no position.

The same thing, in a different context, with different words, has a different meaning recorded.

Not to mention that with the deepening of centralization, imperial power has become more and more inflated.

By the time of the Han Dynasty, the system of emperors worshiping ministers and ministers worshiping the emperor was still preserved, the emperors of the Han family still had the pre-Qin style, and historians could still write straight books.

After the Han Dynasty, historians gradually changed from being independent to following the authorities.

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, after the imperial power was highly concentrated, the emperor could change some historical records at will, writing black as white.

Especially the historians of the Qing Dynasty basically remembered what the emperor said he could remember and what he couldn't remember.

Although Sima Qian has not been reduced to such a point, he can write history as he pleases.

But after all, he is from the Western Han Dynasty, and he received the orthodox imperial education of the Western Han Dynasty.

It is impossible for him to write the history of Nanyue Kingdom from the perspective of Nanyue Kingdom.

Therefore, in the eyes of the Central Committee of the Western Han Dynasty, Sima Qian certainly would not remember many things that were rebellious and even detrimental to the authority of the Central Committee.

In "Historical Records", the Nanyue Kingdom was a vassal state subject to the central government of the Western Han Dynasty, and the successive monarchs were all canonized by the central court.

But in fact, the Nanyue Kingdom was almost independent from the Central Committee of the Western Han Dynasty and became a country of its own.

And behind closed doors, they lead the people with the honor of "emperor".

Sima Qian will not record these things in detail, but will only use the Spring and Autumn brushwork to briefly mention them.

And the name "Zhao Zhen" changed after Zhao Hu succeeded to the throne was naturally changed by Chunqiu's style of writing.

"Hey, if the history books of the six countries can still be preserved, I don't know how many records that subvert the existing history will appear."

Professor Li sighed again for no reason.

It is just a Nanyue Kingdom that surrendered to the Central Committee of the Western Han Dynasty on the surface, but there are many real histories buried in the official historical records of the Western Han Dynasty.

After the Qin Dynasty unified the six countries, how many historical records of the other six countries should have been destroyed and covered up?

In the history books of the six countries, how much black material, or the real history, of other countries is recorded?
Like the "Bamboo Book Chronicles" of Jin and Wei, in the official historical records of other countries, how many real histories have been buried by later generations?
I didn't even dare to think about it.

"We still have to rely on archaeology to uncover it."

Chen Han also nodded in agreement.

"In addition to the Zhao Zhen seal, there is also a jade seal in the third set of seals, engraved with the word "Emperor Seal" in small seal script."

"However, whether it is the Zhao Zhen seal or the emperor seal, they are different from the emperor seal and the emperor seal used on the clay seal in Xiershi."

"The two seals used on the sealing clay should be other seals, and they were not buried in the inner coffin, perhaps in the east and west chambers."

"This tomb owner has so many seals."

"There are 9 engraved seals and no-character seals in the inner coffin alone, plus the three seals used for the sealing clay of the west ear chamber, and there are 12 seals."

"I don't know if there are other seals."

Chen Han was fiddling with the other two of the third set of seals.

The owner of the tomb, Zhao Hu (眜), is quite special about the inner coffin.

It's all jade.

In addition to jade clothes, jade bi, and jade huang, there are also seven jade and stone seals.

According to the system, as the princes and kings canonized in the Western Han Dynasty, he must not be able to use the jade seal. This thing is called the jade seal and can only be used by the emperor.

However, Emperor Wu and Emperor Wen of the old Zhao family never paid much attention to the Central Committee of the Western Han Dynasty.

There is nothing to say about such trivial matters.

However, most of these jade seals are without characters, which is quite strange.

"Professor Li, is there anything to say about these wordless prints?"

"After the printing is made, it must be used. Whether it is a Yin engraving or a Yang engraving, it must be engraved with the owner's name or official position, so that it has meaning."

Among the nine seals on the owner of the tomb, seven are jade and stone seals, of which six are jade seals and one is turquoise.

Among these jade and stone seals, only three jade seals have inscriptions, which are engraved with "Tai Zi", "Zhao Yu" and "Emperor Seal", respectively, and the remaining four are all seals without characters.

There is a bit too much printing without words.

Chen Han really doesn't remember any other archaeological precedents to support this situation.

He looked at Professor Li eagerly.

But Professor Li couldn't give an answer either.

Why are there so many wordless seals in Zhao Hu's inner coffin?
He doesn't know either!

"this one"

"this."

He asked this for a long time, but couldn't answer.

"Let's discuss this issue later."

It was Director Fu who took the topic, waved his hand and said, "The inner coffin has just been cleaned up on the top floor, let's talk about the rest after cleaning the inner coffin."

"I saw just now that under the jade piece, there are still some remains of the owner of the tomb, and there are still figures of jade men."

"There are also many petrified and calcified pearls on the headgear of the jade clothes."

"Our workload is still high."

(End of this chapter)