Master Archaeologist

Chapter 124 Blood Flows in the Blood of Half of the Chu Royal Family

Chapter 124 Blood Flows in Half of the Chu Royal Family's Blood
After discovering this "following Da Sima Jia Youzhi", Chen Han completely let go of a big stone in his heart.

The system had been stuck on this task before, but after all, it bothered him unceasingly, and he would think about it every night.

It's not that he has a serious dependence on the system.

It's just that such a thing has been kept in mind, which will always make people troubled.

Well now, this trouble is finally gone.

Chen Han was also able to devote himself to the excavation work without burden.

With the passage of time and the efforts of archaeologists and workers on site, small and medium-sized tombs have been unearthed.

Tomb No. M4, which Kong Jianwen led to excavate, gradually became clear.

The tomb was also severely stolen, and there were not many burial objects left.

On one of the few bronze sacrificial vessels and a chime bell, the inscription "Marquis Zeng" can be seen.

It's a pity that the private name of this Marquis Zeng has disappeared, at least not found on the bronze vessel.

On the other hand, on the inscription of the chime bell, the phrase "Left and right the King of Chu, if you ask for it" was found.

This sentence means that Zeng Guo surrendered to Chu State, and Chu State promised not to attack Zeng State.

The inscription "left and right kings of Chu" was also seen in the bronze inscriptions of Caihou's tomb.

As we all know, during the Spring and Autumn Period, Cai and Sui were successively reduced to the vassals of the Chu State. It was not until the Wu-Chu War in the late Spring and Autumn Period that Cai Guo rebelled against Chu and followed the Wu division to break through the capital of Chu.

The "Left and Right Kings of Chu" in Cai Hou's inscription should be made before Cai rebelled against Chu.

It can be seen from this that "Left and Right King of Chu" should be an idiom that was surrendered to Chu State at that time.

According to "Zuo Zhuan", since King Wu of Chu conquered, Sui State surrendered to Chu State, and throughout the Spring and Autumn Period, there was an alliance between Sui and Chu.

In the inscription of the Zenghou chime bell unearthed in M4, the words "Left and right to the King of Chu, if you ask for it", should refer to the covenant relationship between Chu State and Sui State.

It can be seen that Suiguo, also known as Zeng Guo, is indeed a very respectful country.

Judging from the many unearthed evidences, Zeng Guo has always abided by the rules of etiquette since the founding of the country.

In particular, Cai Guo first surrendered to Chu, and then rebelled against Chu and followed Wu to form a coalition to attack Chu.

When King Chu Zhao was in danger, he still tried his best to protect his Zeng country. It is really a good and polite country.

Perhaps such a country is exactly what Confucius wanted to see.

Chen Han wondered again, why didn't Confucius come to Zeng when he traveled around the world?
What a pity, what a pity!
Confucius was a person who lived in the late Spring and Autumn Period. If he had come to Zeng Guo, he might not be happy in Zeng Guo!
According to the casting style of other unearthed artifacts, it can be roughly judged that the age of this tomb is close to the late Spring and Autumn Period.

Chen Han also speculated that the owner of this tomb should be very close to the late Spring and Autumn Period based on the inscription of the M4 chime.

Because the inscriptions on the utensils in this tomb are slender and curvy, different from the inscriptions on Wangsun Gaozhong in the late Spring and Autumn Period with slender strokes and casual writing, which seems to be gradually opening the end of cursive seal.

It is also different from the curved strokes of the inscriptions on the chimes of Marquis Yi of Zeng in the early Warring States period, and the writing is stretched.

It is similar to the inscriptions of Cai Houzun and Cai Houpan in the late Spring and Autumn Period.

The font is slender, the strokes are vigorous, vertical and horizontal, neat and elegant.

This is also the super inscription appreciation ability that Chen Han possessed only after he obtained the new system reward points.

Before that, his level of textual research and interpretation of Eastern and Western Zhou inscriptions could only be said to be just getting started.

But now it is suddenly comparable to an expert who specializes in studying bronze inscriptions from the two-week period.

This surprised Professor Li.

He watched Chen Han's level of inscription research and interpretation gradually grow.

It's just that the speed of growth is a bit too fast, it's so fast that it's scary!

Maybe, this is genius?
Professor Li tried to convince himself with "genius", but this reason is obviously not so easy to convince him.

It will take him a while to accept this.

On the side of the Wenfeng Pagoda cemetery, we were cheering for the unearthed bronze spear proving that Zeng and Sui were a country.

The jujube forest cemetery next door is also in an atmosphere of excitement and excitement.

After the excavation of the M190 Zeng Houqiu tomb was completed, the Hubei Institute of Archeology and the Institute of Archeology and Museum of Peking University began to excavate the two large tombs M168 and M169 non-stop.

As I said before, compared to the Yejiashan and Wenfeng Pagoda cemeteries, the excavation plan at the Zaoshu Forest has been prepared long ago.

Which tomb is most likely to be the tomb of the king of Zeng State? After a long period of exploration, Hubei Institutes have already guessed.

Tombs M168 and M169 are the tombs that they think are also likely to be the tombs of King Zeng Guo.

In fact, their guess was indeed correct.

After digging into the tombs of the two large tombs, a pile of bronze ritual vessels with "Zenghou", "Zenghoubao" and "Mijia" came into their eyes.

It can be confirmed that tomb No. M168 is the tomb of a Marquis of Zeng whose name is "Bao", and tomb No. M169 is the tomb of Marquis Zeng's wife Mijia.

The surname Mi is the national surname of Chu State.

The system of surnames and surnames in Chu State is slightly different from that of Ji Zhou.

The surname Mi is a very ancient surname in China. It is one of the eight surnames of Zhu Rong, and the royal family of Chu comes from the surname Mi.

The ancestor of the Chu State was the Mi surname and the Xiong family.

Therefore, the successive kings of Chu were all named Xiong.

However, the clan of the Chu State also used the "Mi" surname frequently.

Generally speaking, in the vassal states of the Central Plains, the nobles only called their surnames, not their surnames.

However, the Chu royal family is quite special. The Chu royal family uses the surname of the monarch, and the direct descendants of the monarch directly use the surname.

So looking at the history books, it is usually Xiong when the King of Chu is recorded, but when the descendants of the King of Chu are recorded, especially the female descendants, the surname "Mi" is directly used, such as Miyue, Mishu, etc.

Moreover, other members of the Mi surname who are not the direct line of the monarch cannot directly use the Mi surname, but must also be called surnames.

For example, Qu Yuan, his surname is Mi, Qu family, but he never called Mi Yuan, only Qu Yuan.

Therefore, as soon as the bronze inscription of tomb No. M169 had the word "娘", people from Peking University's Institute of Archeology and Museum knew that the owner of the tomb should be a daughter of the royal family of Chu.

"The inscription "Yu Mi" was also found in the tomb of Zeng Gongqiu in M190 before, and there is a high probability that it is Zeng Gongqiu's wife."

An old professor at the School of Archeology and Museology of Peking University seemed to have a clear understanding: "Zeng Gongqiu probably lived in the middle of the Spring and Autumn Period."

"The jujube forest cemetery is planned in an orderly manner, the tombs are arranged neatly, and the age of the tombs is getting older from south to north."

"According to the location of this tomb, it can be roughly judged that this Zeng Houbao should be the next monarch after Zeng Gongqiu, and he is the son of Zeng Gongqiu."

"The two successive Marquises of Zeng married the Queen of Chu. Maybe the next Marquis of Zeng will continue to marry the Queen of Chu."

"No wonder Marquis Zeng Yu from the Wenfeng Pagoda cemetery next door tried his best to protect King Chu Zhao during the Wu-Chu battle."

"Half of the Chu royal family's blood flows in their blood, and they are intermarried from generation to generation."

"This is much stronger than the binding force of a covenant!"

The old professor whispered here, surrounded by a group of professors and students from Peking University School of Archeology and Museology.

There was a young and beautiful girl who quietly stepped back, took out her mobile phone, and clicked on the WeChat chat window.

"Chen Xuedi, we have made a big discovery, come quickly!"

 There are only two chapters left today, and this dungeon is almost finished.

  Next, I am going to open a dungeon that doesn't have so much hard-core knowledge, mainly cultural relics.

  For example, the tomb of Marquis Haihun that many people miss?
  
 
(End of this chapter)

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