"Bai Bracket... White brackets..."

Holding the content of the inscription translated by Chen Han, Professor Li compared the version he had translated, frowned and said, "The white characters here should be Tongbo's." ”

"Uncle, the eldest son too."

"In the two-week period, the ranking of brothers is generally based on the four characters of Uncle Zhong and Uncle Ji, Uncle is the eldest son, and Zhong is the second son."

Although it is not clear whether the sorting method of "Bo Zhong Shuji" can be traced back to the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, this bell was cast in the late Spring and Autumn period. ”

So the "white" here, in the eyes of the Spring and Autumn people, should be no problem with the word "bo". ”

Chen Han nodded in agreement.

This statement is still very reasonable, and there are many examples of "white" and "bo" in other inscriptions.

And the inscriptions of the Zhou Dynasty do like to record like this, and names such as "Bo X" and "Zhong X" are not uncommon.

The "Bai Kuo" in the inscription here should be the eldest son whose name is Kuo, not his name is Bo Kuo.

The "name" recorded on this inscription is not my real name or full name, which was common in the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties.

For example, the Shang kings often used the "A, B, C, D" in the heavenly stem to name them, which does not necessarily mean that their real names are Tianyi, Taiding, Taijia, Wuding, and the like.

Now some scholars in the academic community believe that.

The "A, B, C, D" here may just be a sacrificial name, because after the death of these emperors, the descendants chose a day from the heavenly stem for them as the sacrificial date, similar to the later temple number of Zong Zhou.

Because the sacrificial culture of Shang is very strong, unlike the Zhou Dynasty, which only sacrificed a few generations of ancestors.

In this way, there are too many ancestors to be sacrificed at the same time, and in order to avoid confusion, these ancestors are sacrificed according to the ten heavenly stems.

For example, Chengtang, the name recorded is Xu, but in the oracle bone inscription, it is called "Da B", indicating that the merchant is priesting him on the second day, and the previous "Da" is also a method of accounting for the date.

Big B, Emperor B, Little B, and Zu B represent a different day of each month, so that there will be no confusion.

The same is true of the king of Zhou, his nickname of "纣" is given by the Zhou royal family, people themselves do not call themselves the king of Zhou, his name is Shou, and the date of sacrifice set for him by the merchant after his death is "Xin", so he is also called Di Xin.

However, in the summer before Shang, and in the Zhou after, the name with Tiangan may really be the name.

For example, Xia Hou Yinjia, Kong Jia, Xuqi, and later Zeng Hou Yi and the like.

The reason why I say this is because the names of the monarchs of the Xia Dynasty also have Taikang and Shaokang, which means that Yinjia and Kongjia here are only names.

Only Yin Shang, in the unearthed oracle bone inscriptions, the kings mentioned are recorded in Tiangan, so scholars believe that this name is a sacrificial name, not a real name.

And the two-week period, such as "Zhou Gong" and "Zhao Gong", as well as the "Nan Gong" on this chime, are also a kind of honorific name, not a real real name.

"Bai Kuo" is only to describe the "eldest son Kuo", not really the surname Bai Mingkuo.

As soon as Professor Li explained this, Chen Han immediately became enlightened.

The person whose name is Bai Kuo is indeed not found in the historical materials of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

However, at first, Chen Han even guessed that this word was the word "bracket".

Now, after talking to Professor Li for a while, another word suddenly came to his mind.

"Professor Li, do you look at the word "bracket", could it not be the word "bracket", but the word "suitable"? Chen Han asked with some excitement.

"You mean?" Professor Li's eyes lit up, and he said word by word: "Nangong Shi!" ”

Professor Li immediately grabbed the rubbing of the inscription and came to his eyes to distinguish it carefully.

The formation of the word "bracket" is actually relatively late, and there was no excavation of oracle bone inscription and gold inscription before.

Therefore, other researchers who took the "Jin Wen Bian" did not find the decipherment of this word.

Chen Han and Professor Li are here to try to crack it.

Now Chen Han mentioned the word "suitable", which immediately inspired Professor Li.

He carefully recognized the complex seal on the inscription, and muttered to himself:

"Suitable, the oracle bone inscription is composed of "emperor" and "stop". ”

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"Stop" oracle bone inscription, gold inscription, small seal are like human toe shape, Lishu set as "stop", the original meaning of the foot. ”

Later, Jin Wen changed the "stop" under the word "suitable" to "mouth", and the Warring States script added the word "彳" next to the left side. ”

This big seal has "emperor" and "mouth", and also has "stop", and also has a glyph similar to "彳" and "亻". ”

"But there's one more bamboo prefix!"

After muttering to himself for a while, Professor Li affirmed: "If it is Boshi, everything can be explained!" ”

"The Analects of Weizi says: Zhou has eight scholars, Boda, Boshi, Zhongtu, Zhonghu, Shuye, Shuxia, Ji Sui, and Ji Peng."

"Among the eight great priests at the beginning of the week, there was a person named Boshi."

"And after careful study, Bo Shi should be Nangong Shi!"

"According to the "Historical Records", Nangong Shi was a virtuous minister when King Wu Xing Zhou destroyed the Zhou, and after King Wu of Zhou destroyed the Shang, he ordered Nangong Shi to demolish the deer platform built by the King of Zhou, and open the granary of the King of Zhou to help the poor and weak slaves."

"He is known as the Four Friends of King Wen along with Tai Dian, Hong Yao, and San Yisheng, and he is also one of the ten ministers of King Wu!"

"And he is also one of the auxiliary ministers of King Cheng!"

"In the past, the king was the widow, out of the Zhou Gong, Zhao Gong, Taishi Yi, into the Great Britain, Hong Yao, Nangong Shi, scattered Yisheng, left and right, no violators, so the king ascended the throne one day, and the world was peaceful."

"Nangong is suitable for King Wen, King Wu, and King Cheng, and is an important advisor and general in the Western Zhou Dynasty."

If the inscription here is indeed the word "Bo Shi", and it also assists Zuowen and Wu Erwang left and right, then this Bo Shi can only be Nangong Shi! ”

And since he is respectfully called "Nangong", it is clear what the "Nangong" on the inscription is clear about the "Nangong" that was recovered from tomb robbers and some bronzes that were returned from overseas! ”

Chen Han nodded with a smile: "I think so too!" ”

Nangong Shi, this is a big celebrity.

When Chen Han first met him, it was not through those esoteric historical documents, but through a very interesting classic, "Romance of the Gods"!

In "Romance of the Gods", Nangong Shi appeared on the stage.

In the book, Nangong Shi is as famous as San Yisheng, he is a veteran of Xiqi and an official general.

When Xibohou was under house arrest by King Yin, Nangong Shi once visited him, and through stratagem, he successfully rescued King Wen.

After the battle of the gods, he repeatedly appeared to participate in the big battle, but he didn't know how to spell in Linan Palace, so he didn't have Yang Jian, Nezha and others to shine.

It's just that King Wen has more appearances in the early stage before the merchants, and he can be regarded as an important supporting role in the early stage of "Romance of the Gods".

By the time of the late Immortal Wars, it was basically forgotten and became a background board character.

But in real history, this Nangong Shike is the most important minister of King Wen and King Wu.

The status can be compared to Xiao He of the Han Dynasty, Guo Ziyi of the Tang Dynasty, and Liu Bowen of the Ming Dynasty, all of whom are important ministers of the founding of the country!

It's just that in the history books, there is no record of Nangong Shi's later ending.

Now on the bell of the M1 tomb of Wenfeng Tower, this eternal mystery has been revealed.

It turned out that Nangong Shi was sealed in the south and established the Zeng Kingdom!