"Okay, Senior Brother Chen still has research on seal scripts."

Su Sa, who heard Chen Han whispering to himself, gave a thumbs up and said affirmatively: "The inner Qing is clear, and the glory is like the sun and the moon." ”

"This is a Western Han Zhaoming Mirror!"

Chen Han nodded.

Zhaoming mirror is a kind of bronze mirror of the Western Han Dynasty that was popular before and after Emperor Xuan of the Western Han Dynasty to Wang Mang.

The reason why this kind of mirror is called Zhaoming Mirror is because the inscriptions of this kind of mirror are "the inner clear quality is to show the light, the brilliance is like the sun and the moon, the heart is suddenly raised and the wish is loyal, but the Yong is not leaked".

The general meaning is to use the mirror as a metaphor for people, and use the clarity and brightness of the mirror to imply that the master also needs to be clear and upright.

However, the inscriptions on the bronze mirror are not complete, and some words are filled with a "and" symbol between the words.

For example, the Zhaoming mirror unearthed in tomb M-105 is only half a sentence, and it has been slightly changed by one or two words.

The Zhaoming mirror in Chen Han's hand is the same as the common system.

The inscription on this mirror is also separated by a decoration like the word "and" between each character.

"It's a pity, the owner of this tomb is a single tomb, if it is a husband and wife burial tomb, maybe there will be a clear mirror." Chen Han shook his head with some pity.

During the Western Han Dynasty, there were two types of bronze mirrors with inscriptions, which were very popular with the aristocracy.

One is this Zhaoming mirror specially used for male burials.

The other is a clear mirror used for the funeral of noble women, or for women to give to their deceased husbands.

The reason why it is called a clear mirror is because this kind of mirror generally has an inscription similar to: "絜 (clean) is innocent and the king, the grievance of Yi Ming, the flow of Xuanxi, the Beijing and the Japanese forget the beauty of Hong, the external acceptance, and the wish to think forever and never stop".

Specific to each mirror, there may be a little surprise in the inscription, a few more words or a few fewer words, or a few words.

But the overall meaning is the same, probably to ask women to be innocent, and to talk about their thoughts, and never forget each other.

Most of these innocent mirrors are unearthed in the joint burial tombs of husband and wife, and they should probably hope not to forget each other after death, and to love each other again under the Yellow Spring.

Of course, in the Han Dynasty, there was no such thing as the Ming and Qing dynasties, which required a wife to end up from one wife, and the husband had to be widowed after his death.

Even the government encourages women to remarry.

Therefore, many innocent mirrors have also been unearthed in male tombs, and the last sentence in the inscription, "May you think forever and never stop" was changed to "never think forever".

The meaning has changed from the original never forget each other to the separation of yin and yang, and the severance of kindness and righteousness.

This shows that this kind of mirror may be a "mourning mirror" given by a woman to her husband.

My husband is dead, I'm still young, then we will cut off kindness and righteousness, you will find a good daughter-in-law in the next life, I will marry someone else first, don't read it!

Therefore, in the Western Han Dynasty, it was already standard for nobles to be buried with two kinds of mirrors.

Of course, in addition to these two mirrors, there are also daylight mirrors, long-term mirrors, Weiyang mirrors, etc., but the number of these mirrors unearthed is not as large as that of Zhaoming Mirror and Qingbai Mirror.

In the past 100 years, a lot of Zhaoming mirrors and Qingbai mirrors have been unearthed, and each has to have more than a dozen pieces preserved in museums around the country, which can be regarded as a typical funerary object of the Western Han Dynasty.

This time, a Zhaoming mirror was found in tomb M-105, which can only be said to be a reasonable thing.

Moreover, this tomb is a single tomb, there is only such a Zhaoming mirror, and there is no innocent mirror, it is possible that the owner of the tomb was a nobleman who died young.

And it is quite possible that his wife remarried after his death.

Otherwise, even if he dies young, according to the customs of the Han Dynasty, when his wife dies in the future, he should be buried with the owner of the tomb.

Unless the wife remarried later, and went to the same place as others.

After figuring this out, Chen Han's gaze at the coffin in the center of the tomb became a little complicated.

"This tomb owner is a bit miserable."

"What's so miserable?" Lin Ya, who was cleaning up the chariots and horses, retorted without replying: "Look, this complete chariot and horse apparatus has one piece of wèi, 4 pieces of Hengmo, 2 pieces of instruments, 1 piece of shaft ornament, 17 pieces of bow caps, a set of biāo, and 1 piece of danglu." ”

"This is a complete set of carriage accessories, in the Western Han Dynasty can have a carriage, this family conditions are much stronger than those who have cars and houses now!"

Ancient people also paid attention to having cars and houses, but the status of horse-drawn carriages in the Western Han Dynasty is not the same as that of modern automobiles.

The car was a sign of nobility.

During the Eastern and Western Zhou Dynasty, non-big nobles could not accompany the funeral chariot and horse, and there were strict hierarchical regulations for the use of chariots and funeral chariots.

Although with the collapse of etiquette and social progress, the carriage began to gradually descend to the lower aristocratic level, but it was not easy to obtain.

Although it is said that the era in which the owner of this tomb lived was between Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty and Wang Mang, it was not unusual to be able to have chariots and horses to accompany the burial during this period.

Chen Han touched his chin and smiled: "This tomb owner had a car and a house before his death, and the conditions were indeed very good. ”

"But he doesn't have a wife, you see, a single tomb, how miserable is it after death?"

Lin Ya's face was black, and she really couldn't keep up with Chen Han's jumping train of thought.

Does it matter if there is a wife, or if there is a wife to accompany the burial?

Well, it does seem to be important.

It doesn't matter to modern people, but for the people of the Han Dynasty, it seems to be a bit cruel.

King Liang Xiao wanted to continue to love his wife after death.

It took a lot of effort to dig a "lovesick road" for soul trysts in the middle of the tomb of King Liang Xiao and the tomb of the queen.

It's just that King Liang Xiao died a little suddenly, and before the road was built, he hurried down to accompany his wife.

But it can also be seen how much importance the Western Han people attach to the afterlife.

As a result, the owner of the tomb M-105 was buried alone and miserable, without his wife and relatives.

Judging from the concept of the Western Han people, the soul of the tomb owner is so lonely in this underground after his death, he may only be able to cry every day holding the coffin.

Thinking about it this way, this little nobleman who came and went in and out of carriages during his lifetime, lived a luxurious and enjoyable life, and the world may indeed be a little miserable after death.

"Speaking of which, when this tomb pit was built, it was originally reserved for a joint burial space, right?"

Chen Han clasped his hands on his chest, walked around the tomb, and said with some uncertainty: "This tomb is 3.9 meters long and 1.9 meters wide. ”

"It's normal to reserve a little length, and it's reserved for funeral goods."

"But this width is a bit too wide, the coffin of the tomb owner is only 0.7 meters wide, and the width of 1.9 meters is more than enough for two coffins."

"It seems that when this tomb was built, it was originally intended to be a joint burial tomb, but later, the wife of the owner of the tomb, for some unknown reason, did not end up being buried with him."

Chen Han smashed his mouth and sighed.

"Tut, pick a good day to open the coffin."

"It's best to find burial goods that prove their identity."

"Whether it's a seal or a bamboo slip that records his life."

"At least let us know who his name is and what he has done."

"Otherwise, no one will know or remember the short life he has worked so hard to live."