The paper I just wrote turned out to be true

Chapter 180 Xixia's past and present

Seeing Lin Chen's arrival, Professor Liu was overjoyed.

He pulled Lin Chen and sat beside him.

There were two groups of people attending Professor Liu's birthday party.

Yibo is a student of Beihe University, and Lin Chen is almost familiar with them, so they can be regarded as nodding acquaintances.

Another wave of people came, and three professors came.

The other two professors are both teachers of Beihe University, belonging to the category of youth classrooms. According to seniority, they are Professor Liu's younger brothers and younger sisters.

Song history research is not considered a popular industry, so most of the fresh blood absorbed in the past few years are students trained by Beihe University itself, or graduates from friendly universities.

Moreover, with the retirement of several old professors, and in just over ten years, three principals have changed.

Every principal has his own philosophy of running a school.

Beihe University is a comprehensive institution.

There are both arts and sciences.

At the beginning, we emphasized liberal arts, but later we proposed equal emphasis on both arts and sciences. Later, the strong disciplines we used to get were retreated, and some key training disciplines did not come up.

This is the case with the study of Song history, and a good and strong discipline is now declining.

Inbreeding also started to appear internally.

The thoughts in Lin Chen's mind were only for a moment, and he sat down next to Professor Liu.

Professor Liu began to solemnly introduce Lin Chen, who was the professor who was sighing before entering the door just now.

"This is Professor Tang Yunliang. He graduated from Ningxia University with a bachelor's degree and a master's degree. He studied with Professor Shi Bojin from the Academy of Social Sciences for his Ph.D."

"He has been studying abroad for the past two years, and he just came back a few days ago."

Lin Chen had never heard of Mr. Shi Bojin's name.

However, since he is a big shot at the Academy of Social Sciences, Professor Liu also emphasized that he must be a big shot in the industry.

"Professor Shi Bojin specializes in the study of Xixia culture, and in this respect is equivalent to Professor Huang who studied the pre-Qin period."

Professor Liu added another sentence.

Tang Yunliang's expression eased a little, and his eyes fell on the young man in front of him.

He is handsome and talented.

The whole person is full of confidence and indifference.

There is no appearance of arrogance.

"No wonder Professor Liu has such a high opinion."

Tang Yunliang secretly commented.

He had heard Lin Chen's name when he was overseas.

Tang Yunliang was surprised that Beihe University had produced a talent.

When I saw him today, it was much better than he imagined.

Lin Chen smiled and greeted politely.

Tang Yunliang also replied a few words, all of which were full of praise.

The chat atmosphere became more and more harmonious.

Several people began to ask Lin Chen some news about the exploration of the ark.

Lin Chen also had nothing to say, most of them were things that everyone knew.

Because, other things that have not been broadcasted cannot be said.

"When I walked to the door just now, I heard Professor Tang talking about Chinese cultural relics. I don't know what it has to do with St. Petersburg?"

Lin Chen took a bite of Beihe's special tofu and wiped his mouth with a paper towel.

"Hey, this has something to do with your teacher Tang's research direction."

Professor Liu also stopped his chopsticks: "Old Tang, tell me yourself."

"Our school's research on Song history is also divided into many aspects. Mine is rather special. It does not simply study Song history. It is more accurate to study the history of Xixia through Song history materials."

Teacher Tang paused and said, "Do you know the history of Xixia?"

Lin Chen hesitated and said, "I'm not sure. I probably know something. It was a period when Xixia, Liao, Jin, and Song were parallel."

"Oh, later Xixia was destroyed by Mongolia."

Lin Chen's understanding of Xixia is still known from Mr. Jin's novel Tianlongbabu.

The story that Xu Zhu and Princess Xixia had to tell.

Of course, there is Li Qiushui, the Empress Dowager of Xixia.
As for other detailed matters, I have hardly dabbled in it.

Students of history have little to no knowledge of it either.

At most, I can mention the fact that several countries are tied together.

Teacher Tang: "The study of the Western Xia Kingdom is also an internationally prominent study. In the study of the Western Xia Studies, our achievements and research are not many."

"International fame? Is it the same as Oracle?"

Oracle bone inscriptions became famous because a large number of oracle bone inscriptions were lost overseas.

Lin Chen made a logical comparison, and couldn't help guessing that the cultural relics of the Xixia Kingdom had also spread overseas.

After all, too many cultural relics in Huaxia have been lost.

Professor Tang nodded, "Yes."

"A large number of Tangut literature is monopolized by Ross, and there are also many related materials in China and Germany."

Professor Tang sighed sadly: "This matter has to start from the beginning of the nineteenth century."

So, next, Professor Tang talked about the past and present of Xixia studies for everyone.

When Mongolia conquered Asia, the methods were very cruel.

Among them, many nations and countries have been devastated.

Xixia is one of them.

Because of Mongolia's measures, the culture and history of Xixia completely disappeared in the long river of history.

According to the Chinese tradition, future generations will revise the history of the previous life.

When the Yuan Dynasty compiled history, it compiled Jin History, Song History, and Liao History. The strange thing is that it did not compile Xixia History.
Therefore, for more than 500 years, no one knew Xixia.

In the ninth year of Jiaqing in the Qing Dynasty, Zhang Shu, a scholar who was at a low point in his life, resigned due to illness and returned to his hometown of Wuwei.

He was depressed, and staying at home was not a long-term solution, so he called a few friends and went to the Qingying Temple in the north of the city to relax.

A few people were wandering in the temple, and they came across a stele pavilion in a remote place. The front and back of the stele pavilion were sealed with bricks, and they didn't know what was inside.

Zhang Shu Jinshi has a good attainment, and when he became curious, he called the abbot and asked, "What is the inscription in this stele pavilion?"

Abbot: "I don't know either, so it is said that this monument cannot be opened casually, once it is opened, there will be disasters from wind and hail."

When Lin Chen heard this, he felt a sense of familiarity in his heart.

This seems to be similar to the beginning of Water Margin.

Hong Taiwei releases the demon king.

Things went pretty much the same after that.

Zhang Shu refused to let go: "If there is any disaster in unpacking, I will bear it all, and it has nothing to do with the abbot."

After that, he and his friend and servant started to break down the bricks.

Seeing their sincerity, the abbot had no choice but to give up and agree.

The ending is good.

There is no change of color in the world as imagined, the coming of wind and hail, and there is no black air rolling out and scattered into hundreds of golden lights like in the opening chapter of the Water Margin. There is only a ten-foot-high stone tablet displayed in front of everyone.

This is the famous "Reconstructing the Gantong Pagoda Stele of Huguo Temple", also known as the Liangzhou Stele. Hundreds of years later, I re-recognized Xixia characters.

After Zhang Shu discovered the Liangzhou stele, he became very interested in Xixia culture and planned to write a history of Xixia by himself, so he began to collect and compile relevant materials.It took a lot of effort to collect six bundles of materials, but during a trip, the family thought it was waste paper and burned it!
Lin Chen was stunned, and then regretted: "It's really a pity."

"and after?"

Professor Tang said: "Later, after a long time, it was Ross's people who really brought the history of Xixia back to life."

"At that time, a large number of Westerners poured into China, looking for cultural relics everywhere."

"In this context, they also came."

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