Master Archaeologist

Chapter 172 Who is Zhen?Who is it?

"True (mò)? Or ambiguous?"

"Is it true? There are two horizontal strokes in the words, not one horizontal stroke."

Chen Han and Professor Li kept looking at the seal and discussing what the word is.

In fact, there is nothing to discuss.

The 眜 characters in seal script are very similar to the 眜 characters in modern Chinese characters.

At most, it is to distinguish whether it is real or ignorant.

Fortunately, there is not only one seal on this clay seal, there are four seals printed on the circular clay seal, all with the same character.

There is a seal in it, which is very clear.

"True?"

This character is polyphonic and can be pronounced mò or miè.

眜, the eyes are not clear. —— "Shuowen"

The five-color chapters are true. —— "Zuo Zhuan Xigong 24 Years"

This word, in the Qin and Han Dynasties, means "unclear eyes".

But it does not refer to the blind, but refers to the situation where the clear vision is normal, but the color cannot be distinguished.

That is color blindness.

At the same time, this word is also used as a fake "起", which means risky and reckless.

All in all, the meaning of this word is not a compliment.

More or less critical.

"Why is there this "real" seal?" Kong Jianwen also frowned, very puzzled.

And this is exactly where Fu Pu is puzzled.

He shrugged: "Among the nine clay seals, two are printed with the word "Emperor Seal", five are printed with the word "(gu)", and the last two are printed with this character."

"I don't know what the meaning of this and the word 眜 is."

Hearing this, Chen Han and Professor Li were also a little dizzy.

Words, very unpopular.

This word is no longer included in modern dictionaries, but it is in the Kangxi dictionary.

The meaning of this word in the Qing Dynasty was the name of a certain kind of weed.

As for the meaning of this word in the Qin and Han Dynasties, there is indeed a lack of historical materials and written records, so it is impossible to know.

It is also because this word is only used to refer to a certain kind of weed, and it is not used at all in modern times, so it was not included in the Chinese dictionary.

Not even changed to simplified characters.

In fact, neither Chen Han nor Professor Li knew this word.

It was only after Fu Pu showed them the records in the Kangxi dictionary with his mobile phone that he found out.

It can be seen how unpopular this word is.

"What do you mean?" Fu Pu looked at Professor Li anxiously.

Professor Li is well-known in the industry for his ability to read seal characters. Fu Pu brought them here because he actually wanted to ask about this matter.

But to his surprise, Professor Li shook his head: "I don't know either."

This confused Fu Pu.

He just wanted to use the pile of five-color stones before as a warning to the people at the Institute of Archaeology, Academy of Social Sciences, and he didn't expect them to know what these ores were.

Anyway, there are the School of Geology and the Institute of Mineral Resources, so it is impossible not to research it.

However, the Guangzhou Institute of Archaeology really caught the words on the clay seals.

And there is no one to ask.

At present, there are very few universities in China that seriously set up the study and research of Zhuanwen and Zhongdingwen, and there are very few who study this stuff.

Moreover, different people have different understandings of the same word.

It is too difficult for the Guangzhou Institute of Archaeology to figure out the meaning of some unpopular seal scripts and Zhong Dingwen.

Fu Pu is really counting on Professor Li to help point out the maze.

Unexpectedly, Professor Li, who was rumored to know seal script very well, didn't know it either.

Seeing that Fu Pu was so disappointed, Professor Li and Chen Han exchanged eye contact a few times. In the end, Chen Han picked up the topic again, and said half comforting half explaining:

"Boss Fu, what does this word mean? I really can't make it clear in a while."

"This character, appearing together on the clay seal, is also confusing."

"You know, generally speaking, the clay seals found in tombs are usually the seals of the tomb owner."

"For example, the seals of the "emperor's seal" are obviously printed by the seal of the owner of the tomb."

"The appearance of these two single-character seals is very unreasonable."

"If it is said that there are only, or only the characters "眜", we can still guess that it may be the private name of the owner of the tomb."

"But there are two seals with different characters, so it is very difficult to explain."

"And these two words seem to be unsuitable to be used as names."

"It's okay, at the end of Qin Dynasty, Xiang Yu had a general named Zhong Lixuan."

"But characters have never been used as personal names, at least in written records and unearthed tombs."

"Actually, I think these two characters should not be the private name of the owner of the tomb."

"It is now certain that the owner of this tomb is Emperor Wen of Nanyue, which is clearly recorded in the historical records, Zhao Hu, the second king of the Nanyue Kingdom."

"The era in which Tai Shigong lived was the era in which Zhao Tuo and Zhao Hu lived. They were at the same time. It is unlikely that the recorded names will be wrong."

"If it's the seal of the tomb owner's private name, it should be engraved with the word "Hu"."

Zhao Hu is not very famous, but there are indeed many related records.

Although Tai Shigong made many mistakes in copying and writing some historical materials, some records in "Historical Records" were indeed inconsistent with archaeological discoveries and were revised.

But those are all for the history before the Spring and Autumn Period in "Historical Records".

The historical records from the beginning of the Han Dynasty to the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, except for some records that were avoided by the venerable.

For example, the former and the latter two young emperors established by Empress Lu asked whether they were the sons of Emperor Hui and how they died.

There are indeed some doubts. It may not be possible to restore the whole picture of the incident with the few records in "Historical Records".

However, Tai Shigong has nothing to taboo about matters that do not involve the Liu family's family affairs.

Not to mention the time when Zhao Hu ascended the throne, Taishi was just a middle-aged and elderly person, and he had experienced that period.

With his rigor and seriousness, he shouldn't be able to get Zhao Hu's name wrong.

Therefore, the seals with the characters "" and "眜" appeared in the west ear room, which seemed a little weird.

"Perhaps, this is the private seal of Concubine Zhao Hu?" Chen Han said with some uncertainty.

Zhao Hu should not be the only one buried in this tomb.

Generally, this kind of princes, kings, and even the tomb of the emperor.

According to the funeral style of the Western Han Dynasty, usually the main wife, that is, the empress or queen, was buried in a different cave from the emperor, princes and kings.

Because according to the social atmosphere at that time, the main wife and the husband were equal, and of course they should be treated equally.

Including the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period, and even the earlier Shang Dynasty, the wives of princes who were serious about their sons and eight classics were all buried in separate caves with the princes.

However, the princes have more than one woman.

In addition to the main wife, there are also a bunch of concubines.

To add more words, during the Spring and Autumn Period, when the sacrificial burial system was still in place, the principal wives of the princes did not need to be buried, because the principal wives and wives had to undertake important tasks such as educating future generations and maintaining the stability of the next nobleman's rule.

However, other concubines and concubines of the princes are only for the princes to have sex with, so they need to be buried with them.

After being buried, he was buried in the same tomb with the princes.

It is usually buried in a side room, which is convenient for the owner of the tomb to "lucky" after death.

Therefore, some of the funerary objects in the West Ear Room should belong to Concubine Zhao Hu, such as the silk.

The private seal of the person's name that appeared in the mud may be the seal of Concubine Zhao Hu.

"Let's just speculate for now."

Kong Jianwen, who had been silently listening to everyone's discussion, waved his hand: "This tomb of the Nanyue king has just completed the excavation of the front room, so there is no need to rush to a conclusion."

"Perhaps in the main tomb and the two side chambers, more evidence and answers can be found to solve the mystery of the names of these clay sealers."

"Director Fu, since the cleaning of the west ear room is almost complete."

"Then let's officially start cleaning the main tomb tomorrow!"

"To be honest, I've been looking forward to the situation in the main tomb for a long time!"

(End of this chapter)