"These?" Cai Guoyun and Wu Guorui also shouted in surprise.

A roll of bamboo slips is spread out on the table.

Bamboo slips are made up of hundreds of pieces of bamboo pieces that are about two feet long and about 2 fingers wide, each piece of bamboo is written in one line, the word is a big seal, and the font commonly used in the late Western Zhou Dynasty is used.

The characters are very beautiful and unique, warm, luxurious, ethereal, clean and neat with a pen, without hooking and drawing, which is reminiscent of Hongyi's transcendent calligraphy.

Guo Jingchang has a deep attainment in miscellaneous matters and has systematically studied the Great Seal.

Guo Jingchang took the bamboo slip on the table in his hand and translated it word by word, "It is said that the heavenly palace clamps the yin sound of the bell, and its symbiosis is from the number of yang, and its yang has no shot." No shot on the birth of Zhonglu, Zhonglu and the underground palace are in the same position, do not need to give birth to Huang Zhong on Lu, Huang Zhong under Lin Zhong, Lin Zhong underground palace,"

"This is the Book of Music." Before Guo Jingchang finished reading the content of the bamboo slip, Cai Guoyun had already exclaimed loudly, because he was too excited, his voice trembled a little. Then he turned to Chen Rui and asked eagerly, "Mr. Chen, are these bamboo slips real?" Are there any bamboo slips that belong to the same book as this scroll? ”

Cai Guoyun asked Chen Rui two questions in a row, and his speed was extremely fast, so you can imagine the excitement in his heart at the moment.

Chen Rui nodded and said, "These bamboo slips are all real, and there are a total of 305 volumes in the same book as this bamboo slip. ”

After speaking, Chen Rui pointed to the 305 volumes of bamboo slips neatly placed on the table and said to Cai Guoyun, "These bamboo slips are." ”

From the Warring States period to the Wei and Jin dynasties, the writing material of the ancients was bamboo slips, which were woven into a book with long and narrow pieces of bamboo made of cutting. Because there are not many words written on a piece of bamboo slips, a book slip often has to be loaded with several carts.

The ancients said that 'learning rich five cars' refers to the simple scrolls that read more than five cars.

The Book of Music is written from 305 volumes of bamboo and can fit almost four or five carts.

Hearing this, Cai Guoyun walked quickly to the case regardless of his gaffe, picked up a roll of bamboo slips, spread it out, looked down for a while, and then raised his head, his eyes were round, with an incredible expression on his face, and he said in shock, "These are all of these, I didn't expect to see the whole text of the "Book of Music" here." ”

You must know that the pre-Qin academic tradition is long and profound, and the pre-Qin academic is in the Six Classics. "Book of Songs", "Book of Rites", "Book of Rites", "Book of Music", "Zhou Yi", "Spring and Autumn", among which there is "Book of Music", "Book of Music> is more important than "Zhou Yi", "Spring and Autumn" is more important academic.

Later, the Four Books and Five Classics, the Five Classics refer to the "Book of Songs", "Book of Rites", "Zhou Yi", "Spring and Autumn", why there is no "Book of Music", because the "Book of Music" is dead.

The "Book of Music" was destroyed by Qin Huo, and after Qin Huo, "Music Classic" was no longer circulating, and musicians could only play but could not speak theories.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the historian Ban Gu said, "The ancients took "Yi", "Book", "Poem", "Rite", "Music" and "Spring and Autumn" as the "Six Classics", and then to the Qin Burnt Book, the "Book of Music" died, and now the "Yi", "Book", "Poem", "Rite" and "Spring and Autumn" are the Five Classics.

Shen Yue of the Southern Dynasty wrote in the Book of Song. Le Zhi also said: "And Qin burned the classics, the Book of Music died, Han Xing, and Lejia had a system, but it can remember its sonorous encouragement, but it can't say its meaning." ”

Knowing the importance of the Book of Music to the study of pre-Qin academic culture and the inheritance of traditional Chinese culture, it is not difficult to understand Cai Guoyun's gaffe.

In fact, not only Cai Guoyun lost his temper, but Wu Guorui, Guo Jingchang, Yang Tianming, and Hai Shizhi lost their temper, and they couldn't suppress the excitement and excitement in their hearts.

The five of them almost lay on the bamboo slips of the "Book of Music", holding a roll of bamboo slips in their hands like treasures.

Cai Guoyun, Wu Guorui, and Guo Jingchang's gaffes are very understandable, they are cultural relics scholars, and they understand very well what these 305 volumes of "The Book of Music" bamboo slips represent, representing the most important link missing in the pre-Qin era that buried the origin of traditional Chinese culture, 'music'.

It has always been said that China is a country of etiquette, and what is the most important part of etiquette is 'music'.

Although Yang Tianming and Hai Shizhi are not scholars in cultural relics, they do not understand as deeply as Cai Guoyun, Wu Guorui, and Guo Jingchang, but the two of them have been influenced by traditional Chinese culture since childhood.

From ancient times to modern times, Chinese cultural scholars and literati all sighed, regretted, and hated Qin Shi Huang's book-burning and Confucianism when they talked about the loss of the "Book of Music".

Now, with the birth of the 305 bamboo slips of the "Book of Music", Chinese cultural literati no longer have to sigh and regret.

The 305 rolls of bamboo in the Book of Music are referred to as rare and rare, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are treasures.

Ordinary cultural relics, such as porcelain, first, they are beautiful and have artistic appreciation. Second, they contain Chinese porcelain culture. However, in each piece of porcelain he carried very little.

From the 305 volumes of bamboo slips in the Book of Music, first of all, it is the carrier of the written word, and the study of these characters allows people to clearly understand the scholarship, history and culture of the pre-Qin period. Secondly, the pre-Qin academic in the Six Classics, the "Book of Music" is an important classic, the "Book of Music" was destroyed in the Qin fire, so that the literati and scholars of all dynasties and dynasties all regretted it, and the birth of the "Book of Music" buried the most important part of the pre-Qin culture, the origin of traditional Chinese culture, 'music'.

The value of the 305 volumes of the Book of Music cannot be measured in terms of money.

"This is the true treasure of the country." For a long time, Cai Guoyun raised his head from the 305 volumes of bamboo slips in the "Book of Music" and said with emotion.

"Yes, when it comes to national treasures, the 305 volumes of bamboo slips in the Book of Music can be ranked first." Wu Guorui also said with emotion.

The 305 volumes of the Book of Music > bamboo slips are only a small part. There are also thousands of bamboo slips in the room.

Cai, Wu, and Guo looked through the bamboo slips in the room.

"This is the fifteenth chapter of the "World Book", which is almost incredible." Cai Guoyun also found a remarkable pre-Qin book in the bamboo slips.

The book can be divided into 15 articles, including "Imperial Lineage", "Wang Hou", "Qing Dafu Shi", "Clan", "Composition" and "Ju Chapter> and "Confession".