"This is the Shosoin Temple, which is known as the treasure trove of the royal family of the island country?"

The next morning, Mo Qi took Wang Dao Lu Fang to Zhengcang Courtyard, and now the taxi driver Lao Li has become their full-time driver, after all, he is Chinese, and it is convenient to communicate, and he usually goes out to charter his car directly.

The driver Lao Li smiled: "You came just in time, usually the Zhengcang Courtyard is not open to the public, and it is only open this month a year, so that foreign tourists can visit!" I've been here several times, there are professional tour guides, in fact, I see the same for myself, you guys go, I'll wait for you in the parking lot. ”

The three of them got out of the car and came to the gate of Shosoin, an ancient building that has been handed down for hundreds of years, a warehouse from the Nara period. It was built in the second half of the 8th century on the northwest side of the Great Buddha Hall of Todai-ji Temple. It is a "school warehouse building" structure, that is, instead of columns, triangular timber is built into a "#" shape and is constantly superimposed.

At this time, Director Wang began to act as a tour guide again, introducing: "The existing Zhengcang Courtyard is all wooden buildings, with a four-A roof, which is divided into North Warehouse, South Warehouse and Middle Warehouse. 756 began to be opened. Emperor Shomu died that year, and after holding a 49-day puja, Empress Koko handed over the Emperor's daily necessities and treasures to Todaiji Temple for safekeeping, and Todaiji Temple collected the relics into Shoso-in. ”

The three of them bought tickets to visit while walking, and Mo Qi found that this place was different from ordinary museums, although there were many cultural relics displayed outside, but there were basically no heavy weapons, at most it was a second-class product, which was equivalent to domestic provincial cultural relics, which was far from a national treasure.

"There are three main sources of treasures here: one is the exquisite Chinese cultural relics introduced to the island country in the Tang Dynasty; the second is the cultural relics of the Western Regions imported into the Western Regions through China; The third is something made or created in imitation of Chinese cultural relics in the Nara period. ”

According to statistics, there are more than 300 pieces in the collection of Shosoin, including paintings, swords, mirrors, weapons, musical instruments, Buddhist utensils, ritual utensils, the four treasures of the study, clothing, tableware, toys, books, medicines, spices, lacquerware, pottery, dyeing and textiles, glassware, etc. Most of the items brought back by Tang envoys and students are representative of the excellent culture of the Nara period and the Tang Dynasty in China. ”

There are not many cultural relics on display today, maybe only eighty or ninety, and they quickly finished reading them, and Director Wang was dissatisfied: "Hmph, it's completely fooling people!" All the most important artifacts are hidden? For example, Luodian red sandalwood Ruan Xian, gold and silver flat back octagonal mirror, silver flat off eight-sided mirror box, gold glazed Tian back 12 prisms, lacquered gold foil painting plate, sheep wood rattan valerian screen, beauty screen under the tree, blue glass cup, lacquer bottle. Each of them is a national treasure, not only in China, but also in many island countries. ”

Mo Qi frowned, today is mainly to step on the point, the strange man Yizhimei shot twice, the first time Jingjiatang took back the Yaobian Tianmu tea bowl, the second time he got back nine heavy weapons from the National Museum, and now a total of ten pieces are in his hands, and the island country grabbed it through the war back then is not even a dime!

"I can't just take China's cultural relics, but also take some island national treasures, one is to make them feel distressed and distressed, and experience the feeling of being invaded; Second, it can be regarded as a diversion of targets, confusing the police, and even more so that they have fun playing hide and seek! ”

So today, Mo Qicai came all the way to Zhengsoyuan, in fact, the red sandalwood five-string pipa that was exhibited in the country last time was originally an exhibit here, but he got it himself. It is estimated that Shosoin and the National Museum have begun to eat dogs now, so it's refreshing to think about it!

"Huh? This is a Tang knife? ”

Mo Qi suddenly saw a long knife displayed in a display case in the corner, which seemed to be a Tang knife, and suddenly felt a feeling and fell into deep thought.

Through his recent contacts, he slowly learned about the character of the island people, discovered a lot of insiders, and gained a new understanding of them. Bushido originated in the ancient island country, based on the consciousness that the lord is not afraid of death and does not hesitate to die, in order to realize the value of the individual and the collective, to give full play to his ability as much as possible, emphasizing "death without remembrance, death without scruples, death without hesitation" The most typical behavior of the bushido spirit is seppuku.

Bushido theorists believe that the Confucian "Shidao theory" is to whitewash the selfishness of greed for life and fear of death, and to be cautious about human ethics and pay attention to the morality of the sovereign, so that they choose life and death, and they do not simply die in the face of death. Only pure and complete enlightenment and death is the strength of bushido.

This spirit can also be used to explain the suicide attacks of the defenders of all the small Pacific islands during World War II, shouting long live.

Bushido still existed in the minds of the island armies and navies of the 20th century. Bushido, like other formal codes of conduct, has its negative aspects. The samurai often treated their captives cruelly because they gave up bushido. Many of the samurai's enemies were executed after the battle for this reason alone.

Unlike medieval Europe, where nobles and knights were captured, often imprisoned for several years, and could be ransomed for money, the islanders never fought in a similar way in exchange for money for captives. Samurai or daimyo were captured alive on the battlefield and usually died disgracefully at the hands of their captives.

Mochi has seen an expert study the deep psychological causes of the bushido spirit, which has a huge connection with the cherry blossom, the national flower of the island nation. Anyone who has seen cherry blossoms knows that individual cherry blossoms are beautiful, but when they are gathered together, they are even more beautiful, which is very similar to the group spirit of the samurai of the island nation.

Historically, the people of the island country did not evaluate the samurai by whether they were loyal to the monarch and patriotic, but by whether they were loyal to their own samurai group, such as the Sanada warriors in the Warring States period and the samurai group of anti-emperor forces in the Meiji period.

The island people believe that the most beautiful time for cherry blossoms is not when they are in full bloom, but when they wither, and the cherry blossoms do not bloom for a long time, but the characteristic of withering is that all the cherry blossoms on the mountain wither overnight, and none of the flowers are nostalgic for the branches.

This is the spiritual realm advocated by the samurai of the island country, reaching the peak of their lives in a moment of dazzling beauty, giving full play to their greatest value, and then ending their lives without nostalgia!

The samurai committed suicide not because he couldn't afford to lose, nor because he was ashamed of his failure, the samurai was not so vulnerable, he committed suicide because he felt that he had done his best, his wish had been fulfilled, and his life could not have greater glory, and at this moment he should wither like a cherry blossom without nostalgia.

This can explain the cruelty of the islanders in the war, a person who can give up his life at any time, will still cherish the prisoners?

In the spirit of bushido in the island country, the act of seppuku is considered by the samurai to be sacrificing, and although seppuku is very painful, in fact, this pain is also deliberately caused.

The seppuku is to cut open his abdomen with more than one knife. Because it was too terrible to remove the internal organs by himself, the method of seppuku was finally modified and changed to a slashing by the seppuku himself.

After the first cut in the abdomen, a friend or trusted retainer immediately removes the merciful slash and cuts off the head of the seppuku. This act of taking on the mending is called a mistake, but seppuku is not the only formal way to commit suicide.

Therefore, in the study of the history of the whole world, no one can really live for generations because of his great wealth and power, but those who sacrifice their lives for righteousness and righteousness can be worshiped by future generations. No matter how depraved people are, they also have the pursuit of truth, goodness and beauty in their hearts!