Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1489: Angry

"When there was decline and chaos in Shaohao's time, Jiuli began to have moral disorder, and people who did not have wisdom, sage, and wisdom became administrators. People like witches and historians became the personal belongings of the powerful, and the people lost their leaders. Society has lost order and rules, sacrifices have become unclear, and enjoyment has become excessive. Humans and gods are in the same position, and there is no dignity. The agreed rules of tribal alliances are broken at will, resulting in frequent disasters. "

"But the blessings of the gods no longer come, so that people no longer have good food and meat to enjoy every year. However, disasters occur frequently, and people cannot fully develop their vitality."

"So after Zhuanxu received the order, he ordered Chongli to re-formulate the rules to restore the old order so that gods and humans could no longer invade each other. This is called Jedi Heaven Tong."

"The actual meaning is that those who should be in charge of heaven are in charge of heaven, and those who are in charge of earth are in charge of earth. Heaven and earth, gods and humans all perform their respective duties without interfering with each other."

"In fact, it restricts divine power to the realm of religion, and religion can no longer interfere with the 'rule of man.' There is no doubt that China solved the major problems that plagued the West until the Renaissance more than 2,000 years ago."

"Many Westerners like to make fun of Chinese people for not having religious beliefs. In fact, it's just that they themselves don't understand."

"Those are the two Eastern concepts that everyone can have beliefs but cannot be forced; and using other people's beliefs is equivalent to committing a crime."

"So which concept do you think is more reasonable?"

"Of course that's our philosophy." During this period, Li Laosan received cultural education from Zhou Zhi, and his cultural confidence increased by 30% every day. He really didn't know many things before, but after he understood them, he also So proud.

There are so many good things here that Li Laosan and others have never seen before, and they are also too strange, such as the Ba people's unique bronzeware - Qinyu.

The 锘 is a bronze military instrument from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Like a wine jar with a narrowed neck, puffed out chest and abdomen. This piece in the museum is 436 millimeters in height, with an oval-shaped head, protruding shoulders, and downward contraction of the abdomen, making it a hollow elliptical cylinder. The diameter of the head of the plate is 252 mm; the diameter of the shoulder is 310 mm; the diameter of the foot is 210 mm.

The most eye-catching thing is the button on the top, which is one hundred and eighty millimeters long and thirty-five millimeters wide. It looks like a fierce tiger.

"About Tao Yu, there are many records in history. "Zhou Li·Di Guan" records, 'With gold Tao and drums.' Zheng Xuan's note: 'Tao, Tao Yu also'. "Guoyu·Jinyu" Volume 11:' "The coffin Yu, Ding Ning, is used as a warning to the people." Curator Gao introduced: "Because Wei Zhao's annotation says: 'The coffin is shaped like a drum head, and the shape is round like a drum head, and it is as big as a drum horn. It gives us an idea of ​​the shape of this object."

Zhou Zhi nodded: "From the Song Dynasty, epigraphy began to enter the sight of the scholar-bureaucrats. Hong Mai's "Rong Zhai's Continuation" recorded such an incident: "In the fourteenth year of Chunxi, in Cili County, Lizhou Five miles away from the tomb of King Nan of Zhou, the mountain collapsed, and an ancient tomb was discovered containing many artifacts."

"Hong Mai's nephew Yu Jie was the county magistrate there, and he got a turtle. The record in the book is 'one foot three inches high...the tiger button is one inch and two cents high, one inch and one cent wide, and five inches and five cents long at the tail." , weighing thirteen pounds.'"

After speaking, he gave a high-five: "Director Gao, what you have here is almost exactly the same as what is recorded in ancient books. The ancients are sincere and I will not deceive you!"

"The tiger-shaped button is cast in the center of the top. The tiger-shaped head is raised, the mouth is opened, the teeth are raised and the tail is raised. From the Eastern Zhou Dynasty to the Han Dynasty, it was a unique musical instrument of the Ba people." Director Gao said: "In the earlier stages of the Shang and Zhou Dynasties , the Ba nation is a southern nation that developed side by side with the Chu nation. "Zuo Zhuan: The Ninth Year of Zhaogong" states: "Ba, Pu, Chu, and Deng are the southern tribes of our country", which means that in the eyes of the Western Zhou Dynasty, these four nations. The levels of each country are actually similar.”

This introduction refreshed the understanding of many people. The Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Seven Hegemons of the Warring States Period included Qin and Chu. However, many people did not know that these two countries were once extremely small.

"After the Spring and Autumn Period, the Ba people's activity areas gradually fell into the Chu territory. Part of the Ba people stayed in Chu and continued to integrate with the Chu people; the other part gradually moved to the Bashu Basin and slowly integrated with the Shu people there." "During the Warring States Period, the Ba ethnic group was one of the main ethnic groups in the Chu State. Archaeological discoveries in the central area of ​​the Chu State often unearthed cultural relics representing the Ba ethnic group."

"Jiuzi introduced to us before that the people of Chu are Shang Feng and the people of Ba are Shang Hu. Therefore, the bronzes of the Ba people, especially the weapons, have many tiger decorations. This is also the case, right?" Zhang Lu asked .

"Hmm." Zhou Zhi said: "The "Book of the Later Han·Biography of Nanman and Southwest Yi" said that the ancestor of the Ba people was called Lin Jun. After Lin Jun died, his soul was a white tiger. The ancestral temple formed the tradition of human sacrifice.”

"Fan Chuo of the Tang Dynasty also mentioned in "Man Shu": 'The Ba family sacrificed their ancestors by beating drums, and they were the queen of the white tiger.' Therefore, the ancient Ba people worshiped the white tiger, and the white tiger should be the 'totem' of the Ba people."

"It is recorded in "The Rites of Zhou" that drummers were in charge of the 'six drums and four gold' instruments. The 'four golds' were the drum, bracelet, cymbal and duo, all of which were used to order soldiers to move."

"We have already seen the cymbals. The bracelets are the cymbals we saw in Zigui. If the cymbals are not hung with a rope, but are held with a wooden handle, it is a cymbal. If it is still hung with a rope, add a tongue inside and change it into a bell. , that’s Duo.”

Curator Gao was very happy to hear this: "The explanation of elbow is very simple and straightforward, and it also describes the biggest characteristics of these military instruments. It captures the key point."

"For the Ba people, their favorite tools are 锞yu and zheng. Of course, these are not available to ordinary people. The bronze zheng we unearthed from Tomb No. 2 in Xiaotianxi, Fuling, has the word '王' on it. It shows that the leader of the Ba tribe may still be king internally.”

"It's also possible that they took the pattern on the forehead of the white tiger." Zhou Zhi covered his mouth and snickered: "They are not of the same origin as the princes in the Central Plains, but it's just a coincidence."

"Eh? It seems reasonable to tell you that." Director Gao suddenly said: "Those two kings, maybe they are not Chinese characters!"

"Is this made by knocking? Curator, have you ever knocked it before? What's the sound?" Ye Xin and Liang Hong were more interested in this aspect.

"Later on, like the zheng, it developed into a 'set'. More than a dozen pieces of various sizes were placed together, and gradually evolved into a percussion entertainment instrument for Ba nobles during field hunting and tribal feasts."

"However, the place with the most similar artifacts unearthed is Shimen County in Hunan Province, which was also the area when Ba was at its strongest. Since the 1960s, more than 30 items have been unearthed there. Especially in June 1983. In that month, fifteen pieces of Warring States Period coins were unearthed at once, the tallest one weighing over 50 centimeters and 14.2 kilograms, and the shortest one weighing over 40 centimeters."

"The upper cover of Qinyu later developed various buttons such as tiger, horse, dragon and snake. However, all the buttons unearthed from Shimen are tiger buttons, which shows the worship concept of the Ba people's ancestors." Director Gao said: "But it is a pity. Due to the passage of time, no one can speak clearly anymore.”

"Have you really knocked on it?" Zhou Zhi was dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)