Chapter Forty-Seven: This Division Is Not the Other Division

"Out of the seal?!"

"The Seal of the Thin? Official or private? ”

"It should be a private seal, right?!"

Everyone who was going to clean up the coffin this time, after seeing Chen Han take out a seal from the coffin, they immediately all gathered around, scrambling to get closer to see this seal.

For the Han tomb, the seal is definitely the most important cultural relic, and it is a precious evidence that can determine the identity of the tomb owner.

Before, everyone regretted that they didn't find the seal, and they plan to continue cleaning it tomorrow.

Unexpectedly, Chen Han inadvertently discovered it.

Zhuang Yunpeng, who was closest to him, rushed up and took the seal from Chen Han's hand and put it in front of him to look at it carefully.

"Si Bo?"

"Remember that the female court official has the official name of "Si Bo", and the owner of the tomb is a woman? Impossible! ”

Kong Jianwen, who was one step behind him, slapped him on the back of the head without being angry.

"Si Bo is the female official system of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, this is the Han tomb!"

"Have you read all the books in the dog's belly?"

The secretary of the palace, the name of the female official in the palace.

Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was placed as a female official of the court, one of the twenty-four divisions, and the name book of the palace was in charge of the palace and the gift.

In the Sui Dynasty, it was from the sixth grade, and the Tang Dynasty was the sixth grade, and there was no change from the Ming Dynasty to the Ming Dynasty, and she has always been one of the female officials in the emperor's harem.

However, this tomb is a tomb in the Western Han Dynasty!

How could there be an official position in Si Bo!

Kong Jianwen pointed at Zhuang Yunpeng angrily, and said with hatred: "Obviously, this is a private seal!" The name of the owner of this seal is Si Bo! ”

Zhuang Yunpeng, who was scolded, was like a frosted eggplant, wilted, holding the seal in both hands and sending it to Kong Jianwen, and he didn't dare to let go of his farts again.

He himself felt a little embarrassed by the unscrupulous words just now.

How can such a low-level mistake be made!

Su Sa and Lin Ya quickly shut up.

In fact, if Zhuang Yunpeng hadn't said it one step faster, when they saw Si Bo for the first time, what they thought of was also the official name.

There is no way, the word "division" has too strong an official atmosphere in ancient China.

Whether it is the sixth division of the central court, or the twenty-fourth division of the harem, or the various divisions of the county yamen, they are all official positions.

Even in modern times, there are various departments within the state apparatus.

Who will associate "division" with the name in the first place?

But Kong Jianwen didn't have time to care about their thoughts.

He took this seal, carefully identified it, and said with satisfaction: "Well, this is a typical copper private seal in the middle and late Western Han Dynasty, and it is quite well preserved." ”

The seal is engraved with the four characters of Si Bo's seal, and this "Si Bo" must be the owner of the tomb. ”

"When I go back, I will look through the local county chronicles and Hanshu to see if there is any record of the life of the tomb owner."

Zhuang Yunpeng stepped forward very dogleggedly and asked flatteringly: "Teacher, how do you know that this private seal is from the middle and late Western Han Dynasty." ”

"How can we accurately seal the dynasty of the Western Han Dynasty?"

Kong Jianwen glanced at Zhuang Yunpeng without being salty, for the sake of his own student, he couldn't help but continue to scold, and turned his head to look at Chen Han who had found the seal.

"Xiao Chen, do you know how to break the dynasty for the Western Han Dynasty?"

Chen Han, who was originally light and light, scratched his head inexplicably, why did this fire still burn on himself?

However, after obtaining the systematically increased archaeological knowledge, Chen Han's knowledge has indeed expanded a lot, and this problem is not difficult for him.

"Teacher, the Western Han Dynasty is usually distinguished by the style of the seal and the characteristics of the button."

"Broadly speaking, it can be divided into three periods."

"Liu Bang Lihan's early private printing style from Liu Che's destruction of South Vietnam."

"The style of the middle and late Western Han Dynasty from Liu Cheyuan's feudal year to Wang Mang's regency."

"The last is the private seal of the Xinmang period, from the first year of the infant residence to the first year of Liu Xiujianwu."

"The number of private seals in the early Western Han Dynasty is relatively scarce, and the quality materials are mostly copper and jade, and the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and the composition of the Qin chapter was attacked."

Most of the inscriptions are jade seals with bird and insect books, and copper seals are made with small seals after the "subordinate change" and the Miao seal of Pan Quwan, and they are only seen in the private seal of the early Western Han Dynasty. ”

"After the middle of the Western Han Dynasty, the number of jade seals decreased sharply, and copper seals occupied the mainstream with an overwhelming numerical advantage, and became the peak period of private seals of the two Han Dynasty."

"The two Han private seals that exist now are all from the middle and late Western Han Dynasty."

In the middle and late Western Han Dynasty, private seals were generally added with the words "Yin", "Zhiyin", "Private Seal" and "Yinxin" after the name, so that the seal surface could be made into four characters. ”

"And the fonts are mainly in regular seal scripts, and the bird and insect books of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period have been eliminated."

"As for the Xinmang private seal, it is a link between the previous and the next, and the chapter composition inherits the private seal in the middle and late Western Han Dynasty, but the button style shows the characteristics of the transition to the Eastern Han Dynasty style."

Chen Han just grabbed the different styles of the three periods and talked a few words, Kong Jianwen nodded with satisfaction and interrupted him: "Yes, Xiao Chen has worked hard before opening the coffin!" ”

"Very good, this is what archaeology is all about, always maintain the consolidation and ingestion of knowledge, and keep it in hand!"

"Unlike some people, I'm afraid that everything I learned in school has almost forgotten!"

Kong Jianwen glanced at Zhuang Yunpeng coldly, and said in a cold tone: "Xiaozhuang, after I go back, copy the method and detailed explanation of the Western Han Dynasty's private seal three times and hand it over to me!" ”

"I'll check it later, and if I miss a word, I'll copy it again!"

How to break the dynasty of the private seal of the Western Han Dynasty is certainly not something that Chen Han can explain clearly in a few words, he just took a few examples of the differences in the style of printing in various periods.

In fact, there are many aspects, from the button type to the composition of the printing surface to the style of the engraving strokes, etc., which can be used to judge the age of the private print.

If you really want to sort out and copy it, I'm afraid you won't be able to do it in a few thousand words.

Zhuang Yunpeng responded with a bitter face, and scolded himself in his heart, he shouldn't ask more!

He actually knew, he just wanted to be positive in front of his mentor, but he didn't expect to be on the horse's leg.

It's just that it's too late to regret it now.

After Kong Jianwen scolded for a few sentences, he stopped caring about him, held up the seal, which was no more than a centimeter long and probably less than a centimeter wide, and patiently taught others:

"You see, the button style of this seal is a typical thin-edged tile-shaped button, and it is a turtle button."

"In the middle and late Western Han Dynasty, thin-edged tile-covered buttons have replaced annular nose buttons and become the mainstream of copper buttons in the middle and late periods."

In addition, the word "seal" is added to the name on the printing surface, which is also in line with the stereotyped system of private printing in the middle and late Western Han Dynasty. ”

"In the early days of the Western Han Dynasty, private printing did not pay attention to the need to make up the four characters, and single-character printing and double-character printing were very common."

"So according to these two points, it can be judged that this private seal was made in the middle and late Western Han Dynasty."

Chen Han and the others hurriedly made a refreshed expression, nodded again, and had a learned expression, which immediately gave Kong Jianwen a sense of accomplishment as a teacher.

All of a sudden, the atmosphere in the workplace became harmonious again.

Only Zhuang Yunpeng cried with a sad face, wanting to cry without tears.

"Teacher, can you copy it less?"