Chapter 132: The Earliest Ancient Books
It seems that after she goes back, she will ask Lin Luo about the camping trip, and take a closer look at the web page.
Xia Chongming remembered the few things she thought of on the road, so he asked Li Yihang: "There is one more thing, Uncle Seven, I want to ask about Jingting Lake." I heard that it used to be a park, but it was later converted into a school. Uncle Seven, you are the school, you should be very aware of that rumor, right? ”
Xia Chongming looked at Li Yihang with curious eyes, her eyes flashed brightly, she had always been able to ask questions.
It's just that this question stumped Li Yihang, and he replied: "I've heard the rumors, but I took over this school only a few years ago, and the original school has someone else. I've been staring at the seal of Jingting Lake, but I don't know exactly why I chose this place as a school in the first place. ”
He was reluctant to say who the original school was, because that person Xia Chongming must be very familiar with. He also used some means to snatch this school from her at the beginning, and what he said might cause Xia Chongming's disgust.
However, he also listened to Li Xuehuang in doing this, and Li Yihang really needs to have a foothold in the modern city, so he will boldly do it now.
That person has always been haunted by this matter, no matter how Li Yihang explained it to her, it was useless, so later he simply didn't even explain, if she wants to hold a grudge, she will hold a grudge, who is staring at the seal or not? But maybe she didn't hold a grudge against this, but a grudge against him for cutting off her wealth...... This is the most in line with her character.
Xia Chongming was a little surprised when he heard his answer, Li Yihang actually took over this school later, it was really a little unexpected to her, but after thinking about it, although this school is not very old, it has been more than 20 years, and it is estimated that Li Yihang has not been born at that time.
"I see." Xia Chongming nodded, Li Yihang didn't tell her who the original school was, although she wanted to ask, but in the end she didn't ask. After all, she just wanted to know what had happened here and why she had built a school here, and even if she asked what the mysterious former school was, people might not tell her.
It's better to wait for her to investigate this matter slowly, after all, the seal of Jingting Lake is now stared at by Li Yihang, and it has nothing to do with her. She is just worried about the safety of her classmates in the school, and Li Yihang will presumably make the most appropriate handling when the time comes.
Don't look at Li Yihang so young, but there is also a set of methods and means to deal with things, Xia Chongming saw it when he appeased Zhang Kewei's family before, this kind of person who can not only integrate into the world of cultivators but also gain a firm foothold in the real world is really amazing. If Xia Chongming could have this kind of ability, then she would not be so confused now.
She has always been taken care of by others, and she has never been able to take charge of it alone.
She got up and stood up, and said with a change of topic: "By the way, Uncle Seven, is there any historical weirdness in the school library?" I want the kind that has a long history, preferably the one that goes back thousands of years. ”
The original purpose of her coming here today was to read books, and the questions she asked Li Xuehuang before were all incidental, if she kept asking questions, she would delay reading books.
She had to find out what she wanted to know today, and she had to figure out what she was like thousands of years ago.
"Thousands of years ago? This may be a little little, but there are still a few copies, and I'll find them for you. Li Xuehuang said and put the previous book on his seat, got up and took Xia Chongming to look for it in the library.
Emperor Li Xuehuang walked around in front of Xia Chongming, shuttling among the many book shelves, and finally he came to a door, took out a key from his pocket, and opened the door. This is a very private corner in the book light, usually Xia Chongming didn't notice this door when he came to the library, but he didn't expect to see rows and rows of books after opening the door.
The room was dimly lit, and there was not a single shred of daylight shining in, as if it didn't want the intense sunlight to erode the books. She had always heard that the school's library had preserved many ancient historical books and that they were quite well preserved, but every time she came, she couldn't find them, and it turned out to be hidden here.
It's no wonder that books are difficult to preserve, if they are rashly taken out to show the students, they may be damaged one day, just like the book Xia Chongming read before, if some measures are not taken, these important antiquities will disappear soon.
After Li Yihang waited for Xia Chongming to come in, he gently closed the door, there was an iron cabinet next to the door, and a box of pull-out disposable gloves was placed on it, Li Yihang took out four of them, handed one of them to Xia Chongming on the side, and said to her: "The books here are all from the origin of no copies, and some of them don't even know about the government departments, these things are left here by the original school, you must handle them with care when you read them, some old books are very brittle and easy to damage." ”
After saying that, he put on his disposable gloves and searched carefully among the many books.
Xia Chongming also put the gloves on her hands, she looked around, there was exactly a table and two chairs, so she turned around and sat on one of the chairs, waiting patiently.
The books here are indeed some years old, and some of the pages of the books placed outside are yellowed, and they look very badly worn, and in addition to this, there is an iron cabinet in this room, and the iron cabinet is tightly covered, and it is impossible to see what is inside.
However, in this kind of place, there are only books that may be one by one, Xia Chongming heard that some old books need to be preserved by special methods, and they need to be sterilized every day, so as to preserve the books as much as possible.
Li Yihang didn't look for the books that were placed outside, he walked directly to the railroad tracks, took out the key in his hand, and opened one of the cabinets with ease. He knew exactly which books were placed here and where, and it was not difficult to find them.
Xia Chongming looked at his familiar operation, and he really admired it, it was indeed a great skill to be able to soak in such a large library every day, and to remember where each book was placed so clearly.
Li Yihang opened the drawer of the railroad track, and a trace of cold air seeped out from the gap in the drawer, and it turned out that this cabinet was a freezer. After opening the drawer, Xia Chongming poked his head and looked inside, stacks of books were neatly stacked, and they were all packaged in special plastic bags.
Some of the covers of those books appeared to be made of animal skins, some were rather old-looking paper, and some had no covers at all.
Li Yihang took out one of them, opened the plastic bag, and carefully took out the book, which was a book without a cover, the book was very thin and thin, and the pages had obvious tears, which looked incomplete.
Xia Chongming thought that this book might have had a cover originally, and it wasn't a few pages, but looking at the fragility of the book, he knew that the remaining pages were not easy to preserve.
Li Yihang came to the table with the book in his hand, and gently put the book on the table, he was afraid that if he was negligent, the fragile paper would turn into pieces, you must know that this book is the oldest book in his library, and the things recorded in the book are very concerning, although he wants to study the content of it attentively on weekdays, he does not dare to do so, in order to save the book.
He sat down and said to Xia Chongming, "Have you read the "Classic of Mountains and Seas"? ”
"Of course I did." Xia Chongming replied, what did Li Yihang do when he mentioned the Classic of Mountains and Seas? Does it have anything to do with the book in front of you?
Li Yihang pointed to the book on the table and said: "The "Classic of Mountains and Seas" records the exotic beasts in the park 200 years ago, and it stands to reason that it should be the earliest record of living things, but the content of this book is much earlier than the "Classic of Mountains and Seas". ”
As soon as Li Yihang's words came out, he instantly attracted Xia Chongming's attention, what is the concept earlier than "The Classic of Mountains and Seas"? Isn't that just to say that there was no paper in those days? Didn't people in that era use bamboo slips or stones to carve characters? What is the basis for Li Yihang to say that this book is earlier than the "Classic of Mountains and Seas"?
Xia Chongming hurriedly asked, "How can it be earlier than the Classic of Mountains and Seas?" Isn't the Classic of Mountains and Seas recognized as the earliest integrated version of ancient beasts? ”
"That's because the book hasn't been made public," Li explained, "and it's not the original, it's a transcript, and it should be considered a consolidated version." What's there...... I'm sure you'll understand why I said that. ”
He gently pushed the book to Xia Chongming's side, motioning for her to look through it.
Xia Chongming nodded, and began to slowly open the pages between his fingers, the paper of this book was too fragile, Xia Chongming was afraid that he would turn the pages of the book and fold the pages of the book. The characters in this book are written from right to left, which is typical of the ancient people's method of recording, and the words are arranged vertically, as if someone had copied them with a brush.
This calligraphy is a typical calligraphy, which is very different from today's simplified Chinese characters, which makes Xia Chongming, who doesn't read much historical books, a headache. She wasn't very accustomed to this way of reading, and people who were used to reading modern articles would habitually look from left to right, and she didn't get used to it for a while, and she looked at it with a foggy face.
Her hand gently held the title page of the book, not daring to turn it, Li Yihang hurriedly pointed to the handwriting on the right and said, "Look from this side, look vertically." Remember to read carefully, or you won't understand. ”
Xia Chongming nodded, re-examined the first page of the book according to Li Yihang's method, and it took about ten minutes to understand the meaning of the book.
Although there are only four columns of typing on this first page, it is obvious that it is not the content of the first page, and after Xia Chongming's understanding, he finally understood that this page is about such a thing: it is said that there are two gods of yin and yang in charge of heaven and earth, the yang god is named Liuyu, who is in charge of the yang world and the world, and the yin god is named Chongming, who manages the netherworld, and the two are from the same division, which is the Nuwa Hall above the nine heavens.
Xia Chongming couldn't be more familiar with this story, it was exactly the same as what she had seen in her dreams, but she seemed to understand why Li Yihang said that this book was earlier than "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", because this history was not recorded in normal history, it was erased history.
And Xia Chongming understood at a glance that this is the history of 5,000 years ago, and it is something that will not be recorded in textbooks, of course, it is much older than the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".
It's just that Li Yihang may not have seen it through this first page, he shouldn't have known about those things five thousand years ago. Then presumably the content behind this book must be very magical and wonderful, so that Li Yihang can conclude the longevity of the history of this book.