On the obverse of the No. 1 chime, there are two inscriptions.

They are the front cymbals, which are the 20 characters in the center of the front.

and the left drum on the front is also engraved with 30 characters.

The left drum is located at the bottom left of the clock face.

According to the traditional Chinese order of reading from right to left, from top to bottom, Chen Han and the others first translated the above 20 characters.

The words "Weiwang", "New Year", "Auspicious Day", "Jiawu", "Left and Right", "Wenwu" and "Zeng Hou" are all very easy to translate.

The previous words have appeared in large numbers on the bronzes that have been unearthed, after all, most of the bronze inscriptions have to introduce the year, month and day.

The word "Wenwu" is also very easy to translate, after all, these two words are very meaningful in Chinese civilization.

Not only because of King Wen and King Wu, but also because anyone who can cast bronze is a nobleman.

Who were the nobles of the Eastern and Western Zhou Dynasty? It's all a group of people who govern the country.

Then when they cast bronzes, they must write their own cultural and martial arts when they engrave inscriptions, and they will mention a lot of the words Wen and Wu.

Not to mention "Zeng Hou", in the tomb of Zeng Hou B, five kilometers away next door, there are a large number of bronzes with the inscription of the word "Zeng Hou".

The only thing that is more difficult to read is the word "left and right".

But here's where the fun comes in.

Chinese characters were developed from the basis of hieroglyphs.

And the Great Seal has not yet departed from the scope of hieroglyphs.

The big seal of the word "left and right", the appearance of "writing", is two people, holding "work" and "mouth" in their hands, looking in opposite directions.

In fact, these two words are still very common, whether it is "left" or "right", they often appear in inscriptions.

However, the word "left and right" in the No. 1 bell is different from the previous inscription on the big seal!

In the word "left and right" that appears on the No. 1 chime, the "person" wears a crown.

Therefore, these two words were not recognized by the researchers who took the "Jin Wen Bian" to distinguish them at first.

Chen Han and Professor Li also thought about it for a while, and combined the words "civil and military" in the back.

Only then did I understand why the "left and right" on the No. 1 bell were different from the left and right characters on the previously unearthed bronzes.

Because the "left and right" here does not simply mean direction.

Why do "people" wear crowns?

Because this person's identity is different.

Wearing a crown is indicating that the person's identity is a minister and a nobleman.

Then, the "left and right" here are related to the above Wenwu, and the meaning I want to express is: "I once followed the two emperors of Fuzuo and Wu." ”

The meaning of the word has changed from simply indicating the direction to a more abstract "following the emperor and assisting him".

This is the unique charm of Chinese characters as ideograms, and the unparalleled carrying capacity of information!

Change the glyph a little bit, and the meaning becomes completely different, and the expression is very vivid!

This is something that those rigid phonetic characters can never do!

Although all kinds of fake words, variant words, one word with multiple meanings, or multiple words with one meaning, often make people confused.

But that's exactly what makes Chinese characters fascinating!

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After deciphering the meaning of the first inscription, not only did they not satisfy Chen Han and the others, but they were even more hungry for more inscription information!

This inscription of only 20 words is just a beginning, and it is also a beginning related to King Wen and King Wu!

It's a tickling of ears and cheeks, desperate to know more!

So, even though it was already half past eleven in the middle of the night, a group of people still did not plan to sleep, and planned to fight at night and take down the inscription on the No. 1 bell.

That's a bit of a stretch of assumption, though.

The inscription of more than a hundred words, which is so easy to decipher.

It was busy until more than three o'clock in the morning, and the second paragraph of the inscription, which was full of 30 words, was interpreted for the most part.

In the second inscription, there are more obscure words.

There are many words that are new inscriptions that have never appeared before, and with the strength of Professor Li and Chen Han, it is difficult to decipher them in just a few hours.

Is this word "fu" or "nothing"! I'm scared to death. ”

Chen Han held the rubbed inscription, his brows furrowed, and he kept scratching his scalp, feeling that his head was about to explode.

Every word sounded familiar to him, and he felt as if there were several words that could match, but after a while, he felt as if it wasn't!

It's a very torturous feeling.

"No matter, give it a try."

gathered the parts that everyone had already interpreted, Chen Han integrated them, and tried to read them together with a guess:

"The life of Da Yin, the world, the king's order, the Nangong, the camp and the soil, the king shelters Huaiyi, there is Jiangxia, and the Zhou room is humble."

Not to mention, the magic of Chinese characters is once again on display.

Even if there are few words, even if there are so many words in it, Chen Han himself is not sure, it is completely blind.

But the amazing thing is that the translated words of the whole paragraph are connected together, and the complete meaning can really be pieced together, and there is no delay in understanding the general content of this inscription!

Chinese characters are broad and profound!

If all the words he can translate are correct, then this passage is super informative!

Continuing with the last four words of the previous paragraph, "left and right civil and military", the meaning of this passage is:

"King Wu of Fuzuowen ended the mandate of Yin Shang and pacified the world, and later King Wu ordered Nangong to build a camp at the confluence of rivers and rivers to protect Huaiyi and own the land of Jiangxia, which is the shield of the Zhou room."

The first and second paragraphs are linked together.

It is to introduce a minister named "Bai Kuo", who is honored as "Nangong", and has a glorious honor.

This "Nangong" assisted King Wen and King Wu to fight the world at the beginning, and later with this merit, he was sealed by King Wu to a place where rivers converge, and Huaiyi, who ruled here, was a barrier for the Zhou royal family.

Boy!

Linked to the tomb of M1 is the tomb of a nobleman of the Zeng Kingdom, if nothing else, it should be a certain Zeng Marquis of the Zeng Kingdom.

Doesn't this mean that the "Nangong" recorded on this bell should be the founding monarch of Zeng Guo, and this story recorded is the reason why Zeng Guo was born separately? !

Chen Han himself was stunned by the content he had translated.

In the Western Zhou Dynasty, the word "Gong" represented the top ministers of the Zhou royal family, and was an honorific title, such as Duke of Zhou and Duke Zhao.

Therefore, the meaning of "Nangong" should be a fiefdom in the south.

And his name should be the "white bracket" mentioned at the beginning.

This Nangong, whose name is Bai Kuo, not only assisted King Wen and King Wu to set the world, but also established the Zeng State in the south by the king's order.

It is the first generation of Zeng Hou of Zeng Kingdom!

However, Chen Han quickly went through the general history of the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty in his mind.

He didn't remember a well-known minister in the Western Zhou Dynasty named Bai Kuo?

Could it be that this is a founding father of the Western Zhou Dynasty who has been forgotten by the history books?

So Zeng Guocai has never been seen in the history books?

After all, the ancestors were not written by the historian...

However, this explanation is unreasonable!

was ordered by King Wu to "protect Huaiyi, and there is Jiangxia", which became a barrier for the Zhou royal family in the south.

How could such an important event, such an important vassal state, not be recorded in the history books?

It's like, when the historical record is not broken.

Two thousand years later, in the history books, in this era, the five constants have become the four constants, and China has disappeared from the history books, and there is no such country anymore.

This is outrageous, it can't happen!

This Bai Kuo is impossible to be missed, it is definitely recorded in the history books!