Master Archaeologist

Chapter 179 Repeatedly Exploring on the Edge of Danger
A total of three sets of nine seals were placed on the body of the owner of the tomb.

One of the groups is placed around the chest, which is the group discovered by Zhuang Yunpeng.

Two of them are jade seals and one is gold seal.

Judging from the unearthed conditions of the seal, it should have been packed in a lacquered wooden box.

Because next to the seal, some paint flakes and a little bit of rotten wood were found.

Among the three seals, the two jade seals have no words and are blank seals.

Only the gold seal is engraved with a square grid with four characters in seal script: "Emperor Wen Xingxi".

"Xingxi, one of the emperor's six seals."

"Could it be that the remaining few seals are the seals of other emperors?"

Professor Li played with this gold seal, which was only about an inch in size, and slightly bigger than a thumbnail, and was amazed.

In addition to the Chuan Guoxie made by He Shibi, the Qin and Han emperors also had six seals for daily use.

They are the emperor's seal, the emperor's seal, the emperor's letter seal, the emperor's line seal, the emperor's seal, and the emperor's letter seal.

Different seals have different uses.

For example, this "Wendi Xingxi", according to the system, should be used to seal the country.

It is when enfeoffing the princes that they need to affix this Xingxi to have legitimacy and sanctity.

The Chuanguo Yuxi will definitely not be taken underground.

But the other six seals are not necessarily passed down from generation to generation, and sometimes they are brought underground.

However, although it is said that Professor Li has been doing archaeology for decades, he has participated in the rescue excavation of many large tombs.

But this is the first time I have seen this kind of emperor's six seals.

The emperor's seal would naturally only appear in the emperor's tomb.

Moreover, the emperor's six seals were only used in the dynasties between the Qin and Han Dynasties to the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

And the imperial tombs have always been prohibited from any excavation, unless there are imperial tombs that have been seriously damaged by tomb robbers, they will be rescued for protection.

The imperial mausoleums that were excavated for protection were basically stolen, and the precious imperial seals could not be found at all.

For example, the tombs of several late Tang emperors were stolen and excavated in the 80s.

It's a pity that there are basically no valuable cultural relics unearthed, and the situation in the imperial mausoleum is very shabby.

Therefore, the current surviving Emperor Six Seals are very rare.

And none of the emperor's six seals in the Han Dynasty survived.

Among the seals of the Qin and Han Dynasties handed down from generation to generation and excavated, the only one that can be seen so far is the "Emperor's Letter Seal" seal described in "A Study of the Clay", which can be used as a confirmation of the above-cited documents.

Although this "Wendi Xingxie" is not the Xingxie of the orthodox emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, it is only the product of the Nanyue king's usurpation.

But so far, it is the only "Emperor's Seal" of the Han Dynasty that can be seen today, which is already very precious.

The emperor's seal that usurped, it is also the emperor's seal!
Although there are many imperial seals of the Han Dynasty, they have long been lost and cannot be seen today.

This seal of Emperor Wen of the Nanyue Kingdom is already the only visible seal of the Emperor of the Western Han Dynasty!

However, Professor Li couldn't put it down and kept playing with the golden seal, which was the size of a thumb, and he couldn't stop talking about it.

Professor Li was playing with this imperial seal, while Chen Han and Ling An continued to clean up the other seals.

The second set of seals is printed on the abdomen of the owner of the tomb, which was also stored in a lacquered wooden box, but now the lacquered wooden box has decayed, revealing the inside.

There are three seals, two of which are engraved with the word "Taizi", but one is a gold seal and the other is a jade seal.

On the gold seal is the tortoise button, and on the jade seal is the doubling button, both of which were the most common Indian button styles in the Western Han Dynasty.

As for the last jade seal, there is no engraving, and the surface of the seal is very smooth.

These two seals of "Taizi" are also easy to understand.

The seal used by the owner of the tomb when he was the prince.

However, the "Taizi" seal is also a rare cultural relic.

Among the seals handed down from generation to generation, there is no seal with the inscription "Taizi". It can be said that these two prince seals are also out-of-print seals.

This Nanyue king's tomb, at least in the seal circle, can be said to be a tomb of treasures, and it immediately complements the two most important seal seals in the Huaxia seal circle.

An emperor's seal and a prince's seal.

"However. Why are there two prince seals?" Ling An scratched his head, a little puzzled.

Generally speaking, according to the strict system of the ancient feudal dynasty, only one seal of this kind representing identity would be given.

For example, the king's seal of the princes, the crown prince's prince's seal, and even the emperor's six seals all have only one seal.

It is impossible for the same emperor to have two imperial seals, and it is impossible for the same prince to have two royal seals.

Why did this Nanyue king have two prince seals when he was the prince?
This is not a mess!

Seeing that Ling An was puzzled, his immediate superior, Director Fu of the Guangzhou Institute of Archeology rolled his eyes.

"Isn't that hard to explain?"

"Let me ask you, who is the owner of the tomb?"

Ling An couldn't be bothered by this question, he answered affirmatively: "Nanyue King Wen Zhao Hu!"

"That's it."

Director Fu spread out his hands: "Have you read Shi Ji?"

"Although Zhao Hu is the second monarch of the Nanyue Kingdom, Zhao Tuo, the founder of the Nanyue Kingdom, is really able to live. He lived for more than 100 years and ruled Lingnan for 70 years!"

"The successor Zhao Hu is his grandson, not his son."

"In other words, Zhao Hu's father was the first prince of Nanyue Kingdom."

"It's just that he obviously didn't live as long as Zhao Tuo, and died before Zhao Tuo. That's why Zhao Hu, the grandson of the grandson."

"During the Qin and Han Dynasties, there was no such thing as a grandson. As long as he was established as the heir to the dynasty, he would be a prince."

"Obviously, among the two prince seals, one should belong to Zhao Hu's father."

"The former prince died before Zhao Tuo survived, so he left his prince seal to his son Zhao Hu."

"Zhao Hu has also kept this seal from his father, because it also represents the legitimacy of his heir."

"After his death, the third Nanyue monarch buried this seal, along with Zhao Hu's own crown prince's seal, in the coffin."

"Speaking of which, this old Zhao family is really interesting."

"According to the system of the Western Han Dynasty, only the emperor can use jade seals. The princes and kings below him use gold seals, the princes use silver, and the next ones use copper, stone, and pottery."

"And there are strict regulations on the size of the seal. Except for the emperor who can use a seal of more than one inch, the princes and kings can only use a gold seal with a side length of 2.4 centimeters."

"As a result, Zhao Hu was engraved with the emperor's seal, and the size exceeded 3 centimeters. This is a proper overstep."

"But the material of this seal is made of gold."

"On the contrary, it is the prince's seal. The side length seems to be no more than 2 centimeters, which is not 2.4 centimeters for princes and kings. One is made of jade."

"What kind of fancy way of overriding is this?"

"Trying and jumping repeatedly on the edge of danger?"

Hearing Director Fu's ridicule, the other people in the main tomb all smiled.

This Nanyue Wenwang Zhao Hu is indeed a very interesting person.

Since the Qin Dynasty, only the emperor's seal has been called a seal, and jade is used, and none of the officials dare to use it.

The Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system, and the seals of the emperor and empress were also called seals.

Moreover, the seals of emperors and queens in the Han Dynasty must be made of jade, and only the emperor can use jade seals, and the princes and kings under them can only use gold seals.

But Zhao Hu played a nondescript method.

The seal is engraved, but it is made of gold.

The seal of the prince did not exceed the specifications, and the heirs of the princes and kings can indeed be called princes.

But in terms of materials, jade is used to make seals.

From his repeated jumps in the aspect of overriding the use of control, it can be seen that he is a very courageous person, but not much courage.

While wanting to challenge the authority of the Central Committee of the Western Han Dynasty, at the same time timid and timid, only daring to repeatedly test at the edge.

Otherwise, if it were his grandfather Zhao Tuo's tomb, the unearthed seals would probably be all emperor's jade seals.

Smiling and shaking his head, Chen Han casually picked up a jade seal with a side length of about 2-3 cm from between the abdomen and legs of the jade clothes in the coffin.

This is one of the third set of seals.

After seeing Emperor Wen Xingxi and the seal of the prince, Chen Han broadened his horizons, and relaxed a lot about the remaining seals.

However, when he easily turned over the seal and wanted to see if there was any inscription on the seal, the expression on his face suddenly became stiff.

"That. Director Fu, this Nanyue King Wen, seems to be changing his name."

(End of this chapter)