With Chen Han's inexplicable speech, the other four members of the archaeological team all gathered around him.

"It's... Zhao Yuan? ”

The four of them, surrounding the jade seal that Chen Han was holding, all frowned.

The jade seal in Chen Han's hand is very simple.

Square, covered with bucket buttons, across a small hole, printed seal body, engraved "Zhao Yuan" two words, there are sidebars and vertical boundaries.

In terms of Qin and Han seals, it is the most typical and ordinary one.

It's mediocre.

If the material is changed from jade to copper, there is no disobedience in the slightest, and there is no difference between it and the seal used by low-level nobles.

However, just because the print is ordinary does not mean that this seal is ordinary.

The appearance of the word "Zhao Yuan" can be said to have subverted history.

This jade seal appeared in the tomb of the king of Nanyue, in the inner coffin of the tomb owner.

It was placed on the inner thigh of the owner of the tomb.

And engraved with a private name!

Obviously, this seal can only be the private seal of the tomb owner.

It's different from the extra prince's seal.

The prince's seal is a public seal, and the previous prince is the father of the tomb owner, and the tomb owner has also been crowned the prince, so in legal terms, this prince's seal can be inherited.

The inheritance of the father's business by the son has been a matter of course since ancient times.

However, the private name seal is different.

As a private seal, this seal can only be used by the owner of the tomb himself, and it will be brought to the tomb after death.

This is also to avoid the risk that the seal will be used indiscriminately after the death of the owner.

In the Qin and Han dynasties, those who could have seals must have official positions and positions.

At the very least, he is also a big landowner with a family and a business.

Each seal has an important role, either for official seals, or for private tenants and merchants.

As long as it is stamped, it means that the owner of the seal is responsible for this matter.

If it is official business, after the seal owner seals, once something happens to this official business, the owner of the seal will bear the brunt of the responsibility, and the light will be lost to the official, and the head will be cut off at the worst.

Private printing is generally to deal with private affairs, such as family property, family business, and family caravan.

If the order is given and sealed, the family's financial and material resources can be mobilized.

Therefore, seals were very important to people in the Qin and Han dynasties.

Carry it with you during your lifetime and take it underground after death to avoid being used by others.

That's why the seal was so small at that time.

The Shang Dynasty can make hundreds of pounds of bronze tripods, the craftsmanship of the Qin and Han dynasties, can't you make a palm-sized seal?

Of course it did!

But in the Qin and Han dynasties, it was still a small seal, because it was easy to carry!

It is possible that the crown seal of Zhao Hu's father appeared in Zhao Hu's tomb.

But his father's private seal is absolutely impossible to appear in his tomb, only in his father's tomb.

Because there is no record of Zhao Hu's father's name in historical materials, I don't know what his father's name is.

But this "Zhao Yuan" can never be the name of Zhao Hu's father.

appeared in Zhao Hu's tomb, and it was in the inner coffin, there is only one possibility, this seal is Zhao Hu's private seal.

"On the sealing mud unearthed in the west ear room, there is a seal with the word "眜", right? ”

Professor Li said softly: "It seems that Taishi Gong has misremembered another person's name." ”

Previously, they also swore that as the princes and kings who existed at the same time as Sima Qian, Zhao Hu's name would not be misremembered by Sima Qian.

This kind of mistake is too low-level to conform to Sima Qian's rigorous concept of history.

But unexpectedly, archaeology played a big joke on everyone.

"Perhaps, Zhao Hu and Zhao Yuan are both the names of this Nanyue Wen King, and they are one person and two names?" Chen Han said with some uncertainty.

There are still cases of one person and two people.

Especially with kings.

Avoiding the monarchy began with Qin Shi Huang.

In order to avoid the name of Prince Chu of Qin Zhuangxiang, he changed the land of Chu to Jingdi.

However, in the Qin period, this was still a superficial evasion.

It was not until the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty that this kind of avoidance of monarchy began to gradually become a system.

For example, after Liu Bang ascended the throne, the original Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period "state" was the country, and the meaning of the country, such as "Qin State" and "Song State" and other titles, were very common.

On the contrary, the word "country" appears less often.

However, after arriving in the Western Han Dynasty, the word "state" was no longer used, and only the state was left, and all the princes were vassal states, which completely determined the meaning and role of the word "country".

The same is true of Liu Che later, after ascending the throne, the Marquis Che, who was originally the highest rank of the twentieth rank, was changed to a liehou.

Later, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xun, was more modest, considering that his original name was "Sick Ji", which was a very common name among the people, and it would be too troublesome for the people to avoid it.

So he took the initiative to change his name from Liu Aiji to Liu Xun.

Thinking of these, Chen Han said more and more certainly:

It is possible that Zhao Hu was the name of the Wen King of Nanyue before he succeeded to the throne, because the word "Hu" was also very common and used in the Western Han Dynasty, and it was difficult for the people to avoid it, so he took the initiative to change his name to "眜", which is also reasonable. ”

It stands to reason that as a vassal state that accepted the leadership and feudal division of the Western Han Dynasty, the name of the monarch does not need to be avoided by the people.

Only the Son of Heaven can let the people avoid it.

But the old Zhao family has always been one on the surface and one behind the scenes.

On the surface, he accepted the canonization of the Central Committee of the Western Han Dynasty, but in fact, he did not listen to the tune or the Xuan, and still regarded himself as the Son of Heaven and the emperor in the country.

Then, Zhao Hu should be concerned about "avoiding the monarch".

The word Hu was too popular in the Han Dynasty.

Not only is it often used in daily life, but it is also frequently used as a personal name.

It would be too troublesome to want the entire South Vietnamese country not to use the word "Hu", but to change the word or create a new character to replace the word "Hu".

It's easy for him to change his name.

"The word 眜, even in the Han Dynasty, is a very unpopular word."

"There are only a few allusions to the use of this word."

"If you use it as a name, it is easy for the people of South Vietnam to avoid it, and it hardly affects their daily lives."

Chen Han said thoughtfully.

His explanation is very much in line with the thoughts of Professor Li and Director Fu.

After a short period of suspicion, they also felt that the king of Nanyue Wen had two names, and it was likely that he changed his name because he avoided the monarch's suspicion.

As for why Sima Qian recorded "Zhao Hu" instead of "Zhao Yuan" in the history books, the reason is also very simple.

Zhao Hu was the original name of King Wen of Nanyue.

Zhao Yuan was changed after he ascended the throne and became emperor.

There are no two days in the sky, and there are no two lords on the earth.

Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the central part of the Western Han Dynasty, was in his heyday!

As the official historian of the Western Han Dynasty, can Sima Qian recognize Zhao Hu, the "Emperor Wen of Nanyue"?

Since the legitimacy of his "emperor" is not recognized.

Of course, Sima Qian did not recognize the fact that Zhao Hu changed his name because he wanted to be the emperor and let the people avoid it.

Only the Son of Heaven can make the people avoid his name!

And the Son of Heaven of the Western Han Dynasty has only been the seed of the old Liu family from beginning to end!

Naturally, the name of "Zhao Yuan", at least on the side of the Han Dynasty, is absolutely not recognized.

Zhao Hu can only be called Zhao Hu from beginning to end!

His name "Zhao Yuan", of course, can only be used by himself.

Although it is not known whether there is an official historian of the South Vietnamese state.

Even if there is, after the destruction of the South Vietnamese State, this "pseudo-history of South Vietnam" will definitely not remain, but will only be completely destroyed.

This also leads to the name of "Zhao Yuan", which has never appeared in any historical records.

Only in this tomb where Zhao Hu is buried, can we get a glimpse of the truth buried under history.