Chapter 61: Your research is in the wrong direction
Lu Xuan came to the stele, the traces he carved on the stele by his own hands have been eroded in various ways due to the loss of time, and it is difficult to identify, and these people with glasses are using various equipment to observe and study, wanting to restore the traces on the stele, so as to study what is recorded on the stele.
An old man with gray hair and a slightly clumsy figure lifted his glasses, and his tone was filled with an unconcealable sense of loss.
"Still no, I didn't expect that we spent so many years, and we still haven't been able to restore the words on the stele, is this the will of God?"
"Professor Zhou, you go and take a rest first, let's try again!"
A young man in his thirties also straightened up, gently beat his lower back, and kept bending over to study the marks on the stone tablet, which made him very tired and his waist hurt a little.
There were two young people next to him who also persuaded: "Yes, Professor Zhou, you are old, don't spend it with us, we will take pictures of all the details on the stele, and you will sit on the sofa and study it carefully after you go back." ”
Professor Zhou let out a sigh, "Alas! I'm old, and my body is no longer good. The symbols on this stele are probably the earliest prototypes of human writing, and if we can restore these symbols and compare them with other symbols found similar to writing, we will definitely gain a lot. ”
Lu Xuan listened to the conversation of several people and said, "Have you ever thought that this is an ordinary stone tablet, there is nothing to study?" ”
"Huh? What did you say? Do you know how many years ago this stele was made? It's been at least 10,000 years old! If it can be determined that the symbols on the stele are similar to words, it will be of great significance to human civilization! ”
Professor Zhou opened his mouth to refute, and then turned around and glanced at Lu Xuan, his expression was quite dissatisfied, but when he saw Xiao Lingshan, his expression changed slightly.
"Are you, the girl of the Xiao family?"
Xiao Lingshan nodded, "It's me, Professor Zhou, I didn't expect to see you here." What are you busy with? ”
Now that he knew, Professor Zhou didn't bother to see Lu Xuan anymore, and said, "What else can you be busy with?" This stele was found in Tiandang Mountain twelve years ago, and I didn't think there was anything at the time, and then several similar steles were dug up in Tiandang Mountain, and after testing, it was found that these steles were more than 10,000 years old, and there were symbols similar to words on them, so I began to study it, but it has been almost ten years, and there is still no progress at all. ”
Speaking of this, Professor Zhou shook his head again and sighed.
Xiao Lingshan came to the stele to observe and asked, "Didn't you dig up a similar stele before?" Even if it is not the same period of writing and symbols, there must be something interoperable with each other, you are an expert in this field, how can this stone tablet stump you? ”
Professor Zhou shook his head again, "This time it's different, the symbols on this stele are completely different from the text symbols I studied before, it's just another way of thinking, if you want to figure out the meaning of these symbols, you can only do it through a lot of comparison, interpretation and guessing, but these steles are not very well preserved, many symbols are no longer clear, and it is difficult to interpret these symbols." ”
"That's right."
Xiao Lingshan also felt Professor Zhou's helplessness, and comforted: "Professor Zhou, don't worry, you are an expert in this field, there are few people in China who are more powerful than you, so let's call my father and ask him to purchase some more advanced equipment from abroad, so that you can also relax." ”
"No! No way! ”
Professor Zhou hurriedly refused, "Your father donates tens of millions to our school every year, how can I make your father spend money again?" There is no problem with our equipment, and the focus of interpreting these symbols is not on the device, but on understanding the ideas and characteristics of these symbols. This is also the direction we are currently working on. ”
Lu Xuan glanced at the three young people who were busy, and then glanced at the draft in Professor Zhou's hand, and couldn't help but shake his head.
"It's a pity that I have a direction, but I still haven't been able to figure out the ideas and characteristics of these symbols, and according to your research method, I'm afraid that there may not be results in another three years."
"What did you say?"
A young man straightened up and looked dissatisfied, "You say our method is wrong?" ”
The other two young people also looked at Lu Xuan with an unkind face, and whoever spent a lot of effort on the research results was said to be wrong, worthless, and their faces would not look good.
"Yes, of course it's wrong, you always take these symbols as a problem, and you have to connect the meanings of these symbols together to interpret them, so have you ever thought that more than 10,000 years ago, human beings could form sentences with these symbols?"
One young man retorted, "Why not? The text-like symbols we studied before can be connected together for interpretation, and it is the most effective to connect these symbols together for comparison, speculation and interpretation. ”
Lu Xuan smiled, "You also said it, that was the previous situation, maybe this time is the exception." I don't think there is much connection between these symbols, each symbol has a separate meaning, and the stele is not an event, but something else. ”
"Have you studied text-like symbols? What is your name? What major? Who is your mentor? ”
The young man was refuted by Lu Xuan for a while, and his face was a little unbearable, and he began to question Lu Xuan's origin and identity.
Lu Xuan didn't get angry, but said very seriously: "I haven't studied the text symbols, but I just know that your method is wrong, maybe in another way, you will gain something." ”
After speaking, Lu Xuan didn't wait for the other party to continue to refute, and turned to leave.
This stele was carved by him, doesn't he know what the stele is about?
It's just that because of his identity, Lu Xuan can't say it clearly, so he can only mention it a little, so that Professor Zhou and them will take fewer detours.
After all, historical research, especially the study of texts a long, long time ago, is very difficult, and it requires countless people to devote countless efforts to achieve results.
However, the young man was a little angry and couldn't listen to it.
"Wait, young man!"
Professor Zhou suddenly stopped Lu Xuan, Xiao Lingshan suddenly felt bad, and hurriedly said: "Professor Zhou, Lu Xuan is my friend, he didn't question your meaning, he just wanted to provide you with another idea, and he also meant well." ”
To be honest, Xiao Lingshan didn't think what Lu Xuan said just now made much sense, after all, Lu Xuan didn't specialize in these, but Professor Zhou was an expert in this area.
Besides, Lu Xuan already knows a lot of things, he is still so young, he can drive, he has good driving skills, he is good at marksmanship, he is agile, and he also knows medical skills, which is already rare, enough to kill all his peers in seconds, how can he still have time to study these things?
But Professor Zhou's words made Xiao Lingshan stunned.
Professor Zhou said: "The girl of the Xiao family, don't worry, I'm not angry, but I think your friend is very reasonable." Maybe it's because my previous thinking was limited, so I haven't achieved results after so many years of research. Guy, do you have time? How about we sit down and talk? ”