During the Eastern Han Dynasty, heavy burials were attached, and tombstones became popular. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

At that time, not only the tombs of princes and nobles would be steles, but even ordinary people and even children would also be steles in front of the tombs.

Moreover, the tombstones of this period have developed from wood to stone, and they are inscribed with inscriptions, which are exquisitely made and mostly polished.

However, during the period of the Three Kingdoms and the Jin Dynasty, the rulers changed the style of thick burials in the Eastern Han Dynasty, advocating thin burials, and the wind of banning monuments prevailed.

Before the emperor's mausoleum, there was no stone monument, and the gate valve Tu clan could only be allowed to build a monument in front of the tomb with the emperor's permission.

In the Southern Dynasty, although there was a tablet ban, but it had become a dead letter, in the Shinto stone carvings of the emperor's mausoleum, the stone tablet and the stone pillars and stone beasts all appeared in pairs, becoming a fixed system.

At that time, it was not the stone monument that the world knows today, but the tortoise.

Because the ancients believed that the turtle was a spiritual creature, resistant to hunger and thirst, and had a long lifespan, it was used to support the monument.

Five generations later, the saying that "a dragon gives birth to nine sons, and the nine sons are different" began to circulate in the society, and according to the different characteristics of each dragon's personality and hobbies, they were decorated on different utensils.

The nine sons of the dragon are:

Domineering, good at bearing weight, resembling a turtle, mostly supporting the negative shape under the stele;

Owl kiss, like to look out, decorated on the eaves;

gluttony, greedy habits, decorated on eating utensils;

Eyed, vicious, fond of killing, adorned with weapons;

Fierce, hating sin, adorned the prison doors;

Foxy, fond of fireworks, decorated on the lid of the incense burner;

Horn summer, like water, decorated on the railing of the bridge;

Pepper map, hating raw people, decorated at the gate;

Pu Lao, a lover of music, is decorated on the bell button.

Although Liu Yi didn't read much, he still recognized the ninth son of the dragon.

But under the quaint stele in front of him, there is no tortoise-like spirit creature supporting the stele, but on the top of this stele, there is a tiger head with angry eyes and round eyes.

Liu Yi could see clearly that this tiger head was the seventh son of the nine sons born to the dragon, a fierce man who was anxious for justice and righteousness.

狴犴 (bi an), also known as the charter, is a legendary mythical beast.

Among the nine sons of the dragon, it ranks seventh, looks like a tiger, but is more powerful than the tiger, eager for justice and righteousness, and infinitely powerful.

The tiger head ornaments carved on the upper part of the prison gate are its images.

Legend has it that the fierce man is not only anxious for justice and righteousness, but also able to distinguish between right and wrong and judge impartially.

In addition, its image is majestic, so in addition to decorating the prison door, its image is also carved into stone statues, crouching on both sides of the lobby of the official office.

But I have never seen anyone who carved his image on the top of a stone tablet like this.

Of course, these are all the knowledge of the world before the crossing, and in this Shura Continent, where all the people cultivate immortals, even if there is a big difference with that world, it is normal.

Of course, what really surprised Liu Yi was not the unconventional statue of the stalker, but the words on the stele.

It was an inscription with no punctuation.

He said: "Although the rain is wide, it is not moist, and the grass path method without roots is wide, and it does not cross the people who have no fate."

What a deal!

I hate less when the book is used!

There's not even a punctuation mark, who can understand it?!

If I hadn't studied calligraphy for a period of time and copied a few ancient characters, I am afraid I wouldn't have been able to see what kind of writing this slippery text was.

But what can I do now?

What is the difference between something written in ancient characters without punctuation marks and the Book of Heaven?

In fact, it is not surprising that Liu Yi has this thought.

Because the ancient script was originally written without punctuation marks.

However, when reading, in order to ensure the smooth tone and correct conveyance of meaning, it is necessary to pay attention to the beginning and end of the sentence.

Therefore, the reader will mark the text when reading it, which is called sentence reading.

The ancients were extremely particular about the use of words, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they cherish words like gold.

In addition, there are no punctuation marks in the writing of ancient texts, so in order to understand an ancient text, it is necessary to "read clear sentences".

If you don't know how to read sentences, it will often lead to misreading of the original meaning, resulting in misunderstandings.

The so-called "I don't know how to read the sentence, I don't understand it, or I don't know it, or I don't know it, I haven't seen it".

There is also a story about the importance of sentence reading.

It is said that in ancient times, there was a Xiucai, his family was very poor, and he couldn't eat enough every day, and sometimes he didn't even have enough to eat.

In other words, this Xiucai is a poor/dick/silk who has read some books.

Dick Si also wants to live, in order to satisfy her stomach, so she has to find a way to go out to eat.

And he just happened to have such a very wealthy friend, who did not worry about eating and drinking, and was so rich that he was very rich.

So whenever people are about to have dinner, he will go to their homes to "visit".

Every time he came to visit, he not only came empty-handed, but also made up all sorts of reasons for his friends to keep him for dinner.

In fact, it's just rubbing rice, everyone knows it, but the reader has a good face, and he doesn't break it.

On this day, Xiucai came to "visit" friends again.

The friend really couldn't think of any reason for him to leave, so he planned to see what happened.

Just when the two of them were tacitly and embarrassed to laugh, it suddenly rained.

Because there is an ancient saying of "staying guests on rainy days", Poor Xiucai saw this and shouted excitedly: "It's raining heavily!"

Thousands of alpacas ran by in my friend's heart, but it was not good to drive people away directly, so I left a note and then went into the room myself.

Xiucai stepped forward to take a look, and saw that the note read: Stay on a rainy day and leave no one on a rainy day.

According to the meaning of this friend, this sentence is actually changed to human language: "If it rains, you will keep guests (if it rains?), you will be kept by the sky, but I will not keep you (if you stay in the sky, people will not stay). ”

After staying in the room for a while, the friend estimated that the poor / dick / silk should have consciously gone back, so he went out of the room to prepare for dinner.

But who would have thought that as soon as he walked out of the room, he saw that the poor Xiucai was still sitting in the living room, and couldn't help but ask: "Ah, why are you still here, aren't you leaving?"

Xiucai said, "You told me to stay." ”

The friend was strange, I obviously asked you to hurry up and get out, where did I leave you, so I asked, "Where did I keep you?"

Xiucai pointed to the note, and Lang Lang read: "Stay on a rainy day, don't you stay!"

That friend was so angry that he couldn't cry or laugh when he looked at the smug dick friend in front of him, so he had to leave him for dinner.

This story fully illustrates the importance of sentence reading, and at the same time tells us a truth: hooligans are not terrible, but they are afraid that hooligans are educated.

Leo Yi is not poor/dick/silk, but he is a bit cultured.

It suddenly occurred to him that this slippery text might be a vice-pair.