Chapter 477: Zuo Ci's Tomb (II)

I haven't seen Ji Ziyang for a few days, and as soon as Ah Luo said this, I remembered that Ji Ziyang was doing this, but I had my own plans in my heart, but I wasn't worried.

"Don't worry, when it's time to show up, he will show up." After I finished speaking, I jumped down as well, and Arrow followed. Originally, after listening to what Yun Ximing said, I thought that this underground prison should not be big, but there were eight or nine people down at once, and I was worried that the underground would be relatively crowded, who knew that the underground area was actually very spacious, and the nine of us standing in it would not feel crowded.

The shape of the dungeon is indeed as Yun Ximing said, in the shape of a zigzag, and the outer circle is full of cages that have been divided one by one.

I carefully examined the cages, these cages still looked different from ancient prisons, the outer railings made of meteorite iron crisscrossed the city, and even the ground in the center of the cage had iron rings made of meteorite iron, and the iron rings were interlocking, and there were many small iron rings erected on them. Almost every cage contained corpses, most of which were tied to small iron rings that had been erected, and they could not be freed until death.

"These cages don't look like anything you usually see." Yun Xian asked, "Hey, I said fatty, what's wrong with you, don't shrink back?" ”

"Seniors, we're just here to take a look, how disturbing, how disturbing." Dazhe was most afraid of these corpses and other things, and at this time he prayed with words in his mouth.

"This is supposed to be a prison, a kind of ancient prison. It is the prototype of a modern prison, so it will naturally look different. Yun Ximing said.

"You humans are really troublesome, if you catch the bad guys, it would be good to be executed directly, why bother to make such a place, how troublesome." Arrow said.

"Prison is a product of the development of human society to a certain historical stage, it is born with the emergence of classes and the emergence of states. In the primitive social period before mankind entered the class society, there was no class, and there was no prison. The period of clan communes in primitive societies. Human society is based on kinship. The people lived on hunting, the means of production were communal, and the heads of the clans were in charge of the distribution of property. However, due to the low level of productivity, it is difficult to ensure the survival of the people. Since there is no form of state organization. The conflict between the peoples was resolved in the customary, bloody revenge way. Late primitive society. Due to the development of productive forces. The people began to form groups and hunt with polished or beaten stone tools, and there was a surplus of the product. The clan leader took possession of the surplus for free. As a result, private ownership emerged in society, and two opposing classes appeared in human society, namely the slave-owning class and the slave class. Human society also transitioned from a primitive society to a slave society and began to enter the first class society. Along with the emergence of classes, forms of state organization emerged. In order to maintain its own rule and suppress the resistance of the ruled class, the ruling class, which holds the power of the state, has formulated a series of rules and regulations, which are embodied in the will of the state, which is the law. The offender is considered a crime, and the offender is punished, hence the penal and prison sentences. The creation of prisons changes with the changing needs of the class, serves the ruling class, and reflects the will of the ruling class. Therefore, prison is a phenomenon peculiar to class society, a product of irreconcilable class contradictions, and one of the violent apparatus of the state, which arises with the emergence of classes and the state, and will also disappear with the demise of the state. These are all determined by the course of the times, so it will not be as simple as you say. Yun Ximing said.

"It's complicated." Ah Luo said as he leaned on the edge of a cage and looked inside, "Don't say it, this prison is quite scientifically designed, it looks really scary, who is so talented to come up with such a thing, and lock people in it like animals." ”

"The first person in our country to propose the creation of a prison was Gaotao. He is an impartial judge in Chinese mythology. It is said that he has a clear face and a bird's beak, and an iron face is selfless. The legend says that he had a unicorn, ah, that is, a unicorn, who could know who was the guilty person, and Gaotao tried the case, and when he encountered difficulties, he brought the divine sheep, and the divine sheep only touched the guilty people. However, the historical Gaotao, after Shaohao, the son of the Yellow Emperor, was born in the 21st century BC, the ancestor of the ancient Liu'an Kingdom, and is said to be the leader of the Dongyi tribe, surnamed Yan. Legend has it that Shun was appointed as the official in charge of criminal law. After Yu succeeded to the throne, he recommended Gao Tao as his heir according to the Zen concession system, and asked him to deal with government affairs, but Gao Tao died before Yu and did not succeed to the throne. Later, Yu recommended Yi as the heir. Gaotao, together with Yao, Shun and Yu, was a judge during the reign of Emperor Shun, equivalent to the current national justice officer. Gaotao is a great politician, thinker, educator in ancient times, recognized as the originator of justice by the historical and judicial circles, his rule of law, rule of virtue thought, and today's rule of law and rule of virtue in the country, has a historical relationship, Gaotao culture in the judicial activities and legal thought has an important impact on ancient Chinese legal culture. Gaotao was also mythologized as the god of prison by later generations, who assisted Xia Yu in governance, water control and development of production, and made great contributions to the integration of Yixia and the later formation of the Chinese nation. Yu named him as his heir according to Gaotao's character and merits, and granted him the government. However, Gaotao died before succeeding to the throne, and Yu gave Ying and Liuyi to his descendants. And the reason why he is called the god of prison is because when he established the legislation, he opened a prison to strengthen the management of the law, and this thing should come from here. Yun Ximing said.

"Ximing, the last time you came down, you didn't say that this is so big." I say.

"The last time I came down, I didn't have any preparation at all, and I was carrying a disposable flashlight that could barely be used for lighting, so I couldn't see the surrounding situation clearly." Yun Ximing said.

"You said that there is a secret room in the middle, but there is no door, is that what you mean?" I asked, gesturing to what looked like a large pillar behind me.

"It's this, it looks, it's like a room, it's the same size, but we've found the door." Yun Ximing said.

We walked around that huge pillar, which was a large octahedral, and finally saw some words on the last side.

"There's a word on it." Dazhe said.

"Fatty, we're not blind, we've all seen it." Yun Ximing said.

"What kind of ancient script is written on this?" Min Lan asked.

In fact, the style of Qin Li was still used in the early Western Han Dynasty, but it began to undergo major changes in the Xinmang period, resulting in the writing of the wave tail of dot painting. By the Eastern Han Dynasty, Lishu produced many styles and left a large number of stone carvings. Han Li has the beauty of waves and rocks in the strokes. The so-called wave refers to the left line of strokes such as curved waves, and becomes an apostrophe in the later regular script; The so-called 磔 refers to the opening of the right line of strokes, shaped like a swallowtail stroke. When writing long and horizontal, the pen is cut into the front like a silkworm head, the middle line of the pen has a wave pitch, and the end has a tail. In this way, in the use of the pen, square, round, hidden, revealing all the methods are ready, the gesture is flying, the posture is beautiful. In terms of structure, there is a small seal of the longitudinal rectangular side, which initially becomes square, and then becomes a horizontal flat square, and Han Li has a majestic, strict and flexible bearing. Lishu's reform of seal script includes two aspects: stroke and structure. The method of subordination is to turn the circle into a square. Twist into straight. Correct the disconnection of strokes. Eliminate stroke structures, and more. Among them, the two sides of the horizontal position and the preservation of the natural state of the brush are the most important. The horizontal potential energy is used to send the pen left and right, and the up and down movement is restricted. The result is an eight-point brushwork of sweeping left and right. The softness of the brush makes the strokes of the Chinese characters thick, thin and square. Hiding and other changes. There is also kerning. Narrow line spacing is also a major feature of its chapter. Han Li is exquisitely represented in silk paintings, lacquerware, portraits, and uranium mirrors. And in the inscription, it shows its broad momentum and unique charm. There are two main forms of existence in the Han Dynasty: stone carvings and slips. Most of the official scripts of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties are mixed with regular script penmanship; There was no shortage of calligraphers such as Xu Hao in the Tang Dynasty. The official books of the Song, Yuan, and Ming dynasties are also difficult to revitalize the Han Dynasty. Until the Qing Dynasty. Han Li was able to recover. Therefore, this inscription looks more like an epitaph engraved on a tombstone. Yun Ximing said.

"Brother Childe, you're not kidding, are you, you mean, this is a tombstone?" Dazhe asked.

"What's impossible, the wisdom of ancient people is different from ordinary people, and it is understandable to design tombstones like this." Uncle Lu said.

"The ancients were really strange, or they didn't want a grave, you look at those people in the left country, they just found a pit and buried themselves, but if you look at this now, you have set up such a big tombstone for yourself, it's really incredible." Dazhe said.

"Hey, fat man, you can speak idioms, it's incredible, I think it's unbelievable that you can say this idiom." Yun Xian said.

"How do you speak, I'm also a serious student who graduated from a military university, can you still stump me by saying an idiom, if you are willing to listen, I will tell you a hundred and eighty, and get you an idiom solitaire." Dazhe began to talk poorly again.

"Yin Yin, what are you looking at? It's so fascinating. Min Lan found that I hadn't spoken, in fact, the elusive Ji Ziyang suddenly appeared and was helping me translate the words above.

"I'm fine, it's just... Looking at the stele. "I said vaguely, Dazhe really began to give Yun Xian idiom solitaire, the originally solemn ancient prison, now the atmosphere is very lively.

"Stop making a fuss, listen to what Yin Yin has to say. Yin Yin, do you see something from this? Min Lan asked.

"This is indeed a tombstone engraved with an epitaph, and it is not an ordinary person's epitaph, it reads, the inscription of Zuo Guo's idle man Cijun, this is, Zuo Ci's epitaph." (To be continued.) )