Great-grandson Shao is the owner of this tomb M21.

There is no doubt that this is a middle and high-ranking nobleman of the Zeng Kingdom.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the various vassal states held the rights and positions in the country, but not the officials selected by the imperial examination.

It is all the feudal lords in their own clans and fiefs who govern the country.

This great-grandson Shao is obviously a feudal monarch of Zeng Guo and a member of the Gong family.

Maybe when he was alive, he also held an important official position in Zeng Guo.

For example, officials such as Sima, Sikou, Wei, and Qing.

A cemetery of the Spring and Autumn nobles that has not been stolen and excavated is still very valuable.

Chen Han took the opportunity to join Lin Ya and Su Sa's excavation work.

Three people came to excavate this tomb, which is indeed a bit too busy, and it can be faster with one more person to help.

"In other words, a grandson of a great-marquis, there is only one coffin and one coffin."

"I heard from my mentor before that there was only one coffin and two coffins in the tomb of Zeng Marquis found in the Zaoshulin cemetery."

"The jujube grove is the cemetery of the nobles of the Zeng Kingdom in the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period, and we are the cemetery of the nobles of the Zeng Kingdom in the late Spring and Autumn Period."

"In that era, the monarchs of other vassal states had already begun to overstep the system, and they were buried with nine tripods and eight coffins and seven coffins."

"Zeng Guo is very honest, he hasn't overstepped the system at all."

Chen Han was amazed.

The tomb of Zeng Gongqiu excavated in the Zaoshulin cemetery before, although it is said that people claim to be Zeng Gong, it is a cut higher than Hou.

But in the use of ritual utensils, it is still very conventional.

The funeral ritual is the seven tripods and six coffins at the level of the princes, and the coffins used are not even five-fold, only two-fold.

What is this concept?

According to the regulations of the Zhou Dynasty system recorded in the "Book of Rites, Tan Gong Shang" and "Funeral Records", the coffin of the Son of Heaven is fourfold, the prince is threefold, the princes are heavy, the doctor is heavy, and the scholar is not heavy.

However, this system only lasted until the late Western Zhou Dynasty, and after King Ping moved eastward, the princes of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty basically did not follow this ceremony.

Even the Son of Heaven of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty exceeded the system, or it cannot be said that it exceeded the system, but was restructured into the sevenfold Son of Heaven, the five princes, the three doctors, and the scholars.

However, in the remote south, Zeng Guo, who had been sealed since the early years of the Western Zhou Dynasty, has been strictly abiding by the regulations of the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, and the coffin is only doubled when he is buried.

This shows that at least until the middle and late Spring and Autumn Period, the nobles of Zeng State were still interested in the Zhou royal family, and they still followed all the systems of the Western Zhou Dynasty.

According to modern parlance, Zeng Guo belonged to the conservative faction among the dozens of vassal states of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty!

However, in the Warring States Period, after the world completely entered a world of chaotic war, Zeng Guo did not insist on this set anymore.

The tomb of Marquis Yi of Zeng unearthed the vessel of the Son of Heaven, and he didn't take Zhou Li seriously.

However, this great-grandson Shao, seeing the shape of the unearthed bronzes, should be biased towards the style and style of the late Spring and Autumn period.

The coffin he used was a heavy piece of the doctor in the ancient Zhou ceremony, and it was an important ritual vessel for the funeral, and it was also in line with the Zhou ceremony.

not only clearly shows his identity as a doctor, but also is very polite, and does not exceed it at all.

Unlike the tomb of Zhao Qing in the late Spring and Autumn period of the Jin Kingdom next door, the seven tripods that can only be used by the princes have been unearthed!

You know, Dr. Qing is also a doctor! According to the weekly rites, only the five tripods and four burials can be accompanied.

But this Zhao Qing risked the world's disapproval and buried himself with seven tripods and six tripods!

But it's understandable to think about it.

This Zhao Qing is Zhao Jianzi (Zhao Ying), and Zhao Xiangzi (Zhao Wuxian)'s father.

Zhao Jianzi and Zhao Xiangzi are the two elders who led and participated in the division of the three families, and they are the ancestors of the Zhao Kingdom!

The Jin Kingdom is in the hands of the two of them, from the overlord of the Bo Kingdom, to the one that has been subdued by the courtiers and carved up without any left.

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The collapse of etiquette begins with Jin!

In that central area where etiquette collapsed, with the ambition of Zhao Jianzi and Zhao Xiangzi, it was too reasonable for Zhao Xiangzi to give his father the seven tripods that could only be enjoyed by the princes.

Maybe when the father and son were alive, they were using seven tripods and six tripods in the bright light...

In other words, why didn't Confucius come to Zeng to travel around the country.

The kind of society that Confucius wanted in his heart was obviously very compatible with Zeng Guo!

If Confucius had come to Zeng Guo back then, he might have settled down in Zeng Guo and enjoyed the "Western Zhou Dynasty" of Zeng Guo.

You can see it.

Compared with the office, which has no influence, the monarch is a large rubber stamp, and the power is all in the hands of the Liuqing.

Zeng Guo, who is in the southern corner of the country, is still not so "polite and happy".

At least the great-grandson Shao, the prince of Zengguo, is still using the etiquette system of the early years of the Zhou Dynasty.

This is especially true of Zeng Hou.

This is not an isolated case, as evidenced by the excavations of multiple tombs.

In the middle to late Spring and Autumn Period, Zeng Guodu was still a good state that kept etiquette, and it could be said that it was the last candle of Ji Zhou.

It's a pity that this candle flame persisted until the Warring States period, and finally went out.

The wheel of the times is destined not to be blocked by a single person or a country.

In the face of the conquest of various countries, each king of each other, and the great turmoil of the seven kingdoms competing for hegemony.

The former hegemon in the south did not have the slightest strength to resist and reverse this general trend.

"Huh... Is this a bird seal? ”

An exclamation sounded in the small grave.

Chen Han, who was immersed in cleaning up a bronze skull, looked over when he heard the sound.

Between them, Lin Ya held a cyan and black copper halberd in both hands and walked over.

"Senior Brother Chen, look at the inscription on this, it is obviously not the same style as the inscriptions on other bronzes in the tomb!"

"This is the bird seal of the Chu State, right?"

Chen Han took the bronze halberd and looked at the golden inscription on the surface of the halberd.

"Gold mistake" is a kind of gold decoration process.

To put it simply, it is to use gold wire or gold sheets to inlay various gorgeous and beautiful patterns, pictures and characters on bronze ware.

This is a casting process that was very common during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

It is considered a process upgrade.

After all, during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, thousands of years of words were engraved on bronzes, and there should always be some further exquisite craftsmanship.

"It's the bird seal of the Chu State." Chen Han nodded.

The bird seal is a special kind of big seal, because it is a bird shape to replace the strokes, so it is particularly easy to recognize.

Just recognizing it as a bird seal doesn't mean you can understand its contents.

Each word looks like a bird, and each bird has a different shape and look.

It was quite difficult to recognize what the words were.

But fortunately, the bird seal on this copper halberd is not a complicated character, but some relatively simple and common characters.

Recently, in order to cooperate with Professor Li in interpreting the bronze inscriptions, Chen Han does not know how many related books he has read.

Among them, there are books related to the interpretation of bird seals, and I have read a lot of them when I am idle.

He stared at the inscription on the halberd with a frown, and whispered with some hesitation and uncertainty:

"Wu... King... Child... Light... What is it for? ”