Chapter 138: Buried Alive! (Add more for the [Forgotten Ashes] boss)
Most importantly.
Although this "History of Qi" was put together with the bamboo slips and wooden slips in the tomb of the Marquis of Haiding, it was not found in the archaeology of later generations, and it is not known whether it was completely soaked in water or stolen.
In short, until Wu Liang crossed, the archaeological community had not found the history books of Qi or even the other five countries.
Therefore, the historical knowledge before the Qin Dynasty in later generations basically came from the "Historical Records" compiled by Sima Qian during the Western Han Dynasty.
Although some historians have recorded in the "Biography of Li Silie", "the ministers invited the historians to burn them if they were not Qin Ji." If you are not a doctor, you dare to have a collection of poems, books, and hundreds of languages in the world. It is speculated that although Qin Shi Huang burned the books of the Six Kingdoms and the private collection, the books in the official collection of the Qin State were not burned.
Later, after Liu Bang entered Xianyang before Xiang Yu, Xiao He went straight to the royal library of the Qin Dynasty and collected a large number of precious books and classics, so that later Xiang Yu burned Afang Palace, and these historical books were taken away by Xiao He in advance.
In addition, after the establishment of the Han Dynasty, there are still many living descendants of the Six Kingdoms in the world.
In this way, Sima Qian flipped through the precious historical books rescued by Xiao He back then, and at the same time visited the surviving heirs of the Six Kingdoms, and finally completed the historical masterpiece "Historical Records".
But Rao is so.
These historians also admit that the "Records of the Historians" is not perfect, and there are many errors in it, and it can only be rated as the closest to the true record of the pre-Qin historical materials found by later generations, and it cannot be trusted.
Besides.
For the above inference, Wu Liang also has doubts in his heart.
Since Xiao He collected a large number of precious books and classics from the Afang Palace Library, including the history books of the Six Kingdoms, why could many other books before the Qin Dynasty survive to future generations, but only one or even a few words of the history of the Six Kingdoms have survived?
Thinking of this, Wu Liang finally couldn't hold himself anymore, and immediately blew away this total ...... Before he started, Wu Liang deliberately counted the dust on the "History of Qi", which totaled 64 volumes...... Then he carefully picked up a roll placed at the top, and spread out the bamboo slips with great care:
History of Qi
King Wu Keyin
The first prince was crowned in Yingqiu
The name of the country is Qi
Qi Duoyi
The obedient is too fair and simple
The rebels are too public to cut them down
National
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This is "History of Qi"!
Wu Liang immediately decided.
This record is that after Ji Fa, the king of Zhou Wu, established the Great Zhou Dynasty, Feng Jiang Ziya went to Yingqiu (northeast of present-day Zibo) to establish the state of Qi.
At the same time, there are some slight differences between the records in this and the "Historical Records".
"Historical Records" said that at that time, there were many large and small Yi countries in the territory of Qi State, and Yi Country did not obey discipline, so Jiang Ziya chose to follow the customs of the villagers and did not pay attention to those cumbersome etiquette, so Qi State quickly settled down and gradually developed into a big country.
In this "History of Qi", it is said that after Jiang Ziya arrived in the fiefdom, he obeyed the local customs of the Yi country that obeyed him, simplified those red tape, and attacked and expelled the Yi country that did not obey him, so the Qi country quickly settled down and gradually developed into a great power.
It can be seen that the history before the Qin Dynasty that later generations learned from the "Historical Records" is really different from the history books of the Six Kingdoms that were burned by Qin Shi Huang.
If you want to find out the real history of the Six Kingdoms, it is really difficult to restore the truth of history with just one "Historical Records"!
Moreover, Wu Liang just glanced at it, and he was more willing to believe the records in the "History of Qi".
Take history as a mirror.
The establishment of any regime, especially an airborne regime like the Qi State, will inevitably touch the interests of many people, and there has never been an example of convincing the other side through compromise and concession.
If everyone is so good at talking, where is the war in the world?
"Good things, put them away and go back to look at them slowly, and then turn around and engrave them down, if they can be passed on to future generations, they can also help the archaeological community of later generations to re-examine this history."
Thinking so in his heart, Wu Liang carefully put this volume of "History of Qi" back in its place.
He had already thought about it, and when he called the soldiers of the Qiren army to come in and carry it, he must keep a good eye on it, and ordered someone to tie up the 64 volumes of "History of Qi" one by one with a rope, and when he returned, he would open them one by one and carefully check them, and recompile them for his future study.
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After doing this, Wu Liang continued to check in the chamber.
After eliminating the bamboo slips and wooden slips that were not necessary to be deliberately protected, Wu Liang came to a case where the Analects of Knowing was stored.
This set of books is also an unprecedented and huge discovery in later generations.
It is said that in 2017, archaeologists had completed scanning of it and were preparing to interpret the text on it.
However, until Wu Liang crossed, the relevant interpretation content has not been disclosed, and I don't know what the final progress will be, but one thing is certain, this kind of bamboo slip should be soaked in water, even if it is completely isolated from the air and can be preserved for a long time, when it is excavated in later generations, it will definitely not be able to be completely preserved, which is the biggest difficulty in interpretation.
Therefore, whether to steal or not to steal, this has become Wu Liang's most tangled question.
If he hadn't stolen it, it would certainly not have been complete for posterity.
If it is stolen, it will not be discovered during future archaeological excavations.
However, he could preserve it in a more permanent way, and perhaps present the complete Analects of Knowing to future generations.
Why don't you move!
Wu Liang finally made such a decision, as for whether this set of bamboo slips can still be found during archaeological excavations in later generations, it is not so important, the important thing is whether the content on it can be passed on.
Anyway, his crossing has changed part of the history of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and changed the experience of some historical celebrities of the Three Kingdoms......
This decision was made.
Wu Liang couldn't find anything more in the chamber, and finally returned to the door.
Pick up the "Tomb Building" that I found at the beginning and study it carefully.
This "Tomb Building" records the entire process of the construction of the tomb of the Marquis of Haiding.
This mausoleum began to be built in 68 BC when Liu He was named the Marquis of Hailun and rushed to Yuzhang County, which lasted a short period of 6 years to build and was completed in 62 BC.
In the same year, Liu He suddenly fell ill and died soon after, at the age of thirty-three.
According to the record of "Tomb Building", in the process of preparing for the construction of the tomb of the Marquis of Haiding, a monk named "Lian Shi" who came south with Liu He to Yuzhang County played a huge role.
Whether it is the location of the mausoleum, the preparation and command of the construction, and even the funeral rites of Liu He, he is fully responsible for it.
In addition, this alchemist called "Lian Shi" is also an alchemy enthusiast, and often refines some "longevity" elixirs for Liu He.
Liu He trusts Lian Shi extremely much.
And Lian Shi was loyal in the end.
When Liu He was buried, he wept bitterly and was grief-stricken and insisted on being buried for Liu He.
Everyone couldn't bear it, he actually took the initiative to run into the mausoleum before sealing the tomb, and refused to come out in front of Liu He's coffin.
In the end, everyone could not persuade him for fear of delaying the auspicious time, and no one would kill him, so they had to seal him alive in this tomb......