Master Archaeologist

Chapter 195 The Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms Caused by a Gaming Bureau

"Hey, fashionable!"

"Ivory studs!"

"This thing is not cheap now!"

Just finished researching the "Zhao Lan" seal here, and confirmed that this is the private seal of Mrs. Zhao Huyou.

Over there, Lin Ya found a pile of rotten and indistinguishable lacquerware and a small ivory earring next to the lacquerware in the north of the room, that is, behind the coffins of Mrs. You and Mrs. Bu.

Why can Lin Ya recognize these earrings?
Because the same model has actually been unearthed in Huaxia before.

Don't think that earrings are imported products, they are foreign jewelry that Europeans brought to China.

Archaeological discoveries around the world have proved that earrings were a favorite accessory of almost every nation in ancient times, and both men and women loved them.

Ancient Egyptians, Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, and Indians all loved ear studs.

The same is true for Chinese people.

However, in ancient China, traditional Chinese people would not wear earrings because of the saying that "the body, hair and skin are the parents".

At the beginning, the Chinese people in the Central Plains, that is, the Huaxia people under Zong Zhou's rule, did not wear earrings, but they would wear earrings for slaves and "lowly people".

This is a humiliating punishment.

However, in the Three Kingdoms of Wu Chuyue in the south of China, because they have their own culture, on Wu Chuyue's side, tattoos and earrings are a rare and common thing.

It's not meant to be humiliating, it's just a cultural preference.

Later, women of the Han nationality also gradually became popular to wear earrings. In the Song and Ming Dynasties, earrings became popular, and everyone from common people to queens and noble ladies wore earrings.

But this ethos is not the ethos of "love beauty".

It was during the Song and Ming dynasties that ethics prevailed.

In Song and Ming Dynasties, which restricted women's Confucianism, piercing a hole in a woman's ear and hanging ear beads reminded them to live a good life and act cautiously.

Because the ear beads are hanging on the ears, there will be sounds when the stool is moved too much, which has the function of "warning".

I hope that women will become a lady after wearing earrings, and they should not be too active in their behavior, but learn to be quiet and "behave well".

The earrings have become a bondage for Chinese women, not only restricting their movements, but also restricting their souls.

It was not until modern times that earrings really got rid of the shackles of etiquette and became a symbol of "beauty" and "beautiful".

Rewind the time by 2000, to the Nanyue Kingdom in the early Western Han Dynasty.

Wearing earrings, on the contrary, is similar to the modern fashion, there is no so-called restraint of etiquette, it is simply because women love beauty.

This is very emotional.

After the progress of Chinese civilization, in some things, it has been regressing.

It was originally just a simple piece of jewelry, but in the era of strict etiquette, it became a symbol of bondage for women.

The discovery of ivory earrings is just a small episode.

Except for Lin Ya who was a bit more curious about this earring as a woman, the other straight men basically didn't pay much attention to this earring.

Instead, pay attention to the pile of lacquered woodware next to the earrings.

"This seems to be a gambling game, right?"

Chen Han flipped through the pile of lacquered wood remnants uncertainly, and carefully pulled out an object with a gilded copper frame, but the lacquered wood in the middle had long decayed.

Beside this lacquered woodware, there is also a broken lacquer box. The upper part of the box is gone, only a little base is left, but the dozen or so ivory chess pieces in the middle are still there.

The discovery of the chess piece is basically confirmed, this should indeed be a set of games!

The gambling game actually refers to the chess board, or the gambling board when gambling.

There is a very famous allusion about Boju.

Emperor Han Jing of the Western Han Dynasty, when he was still a prince, once met the prince of King Wu to play chess together.

However, Emperor Han Jing's chess skills were very bad. Seeing that he could not beat Prince Wu, when he got angry, he picked up the game and threw it on Prince Wu's head, killing Prince Wu with a chessboard.

This was also one of the fuses of the subsequent Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, and one of the reasons why King Wu Liu Bi was determined to oppose Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty.

When you were the prince, you beat my son to death with a chessboard when you got angry.

I put up with it.

As a result, after you came to power, you actually planned to cut down the feudal clan?
Tolerable or unbearable!
Grandpa rebelled!
It took Zhou Yafu three months to quell the rebellion.
And the dilapidated game in front of Chen Han was one of the fuses that triggered the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion.

It's a pity that the game of Nanyue King has been severely damaged.

The lacquer-wood Bo table has all decayed and turned into a pile of black mud on the ground, leaving only the curved ruler-shaped gilt copper frame that was originally inlaid on the four sides of the Bo table.

And this seems to indirectly explain to everyone why Emperor Han Jing was able to smash Prince Wu to death with a chessboard.

Everyone should have seen the Go board, right?
That kind of thin chessboard doesn't look like it can kill people, at most it hits the head, and then a hole is made in the chessboard, and people faint for a while, so they won't die.

However, a chessboard with a copper edge is different
Copper is a weapon that has been made in China for 2000 years
It can really kill people.
According to the surviving gilded copper frame, the plane of the game should be approximately square, 58 cm long and 52 cm wide, and the thickness of the game is about 1.7 cm.

Such a 58 cm long and 52 cm wide copper frame was hit on the head, and it was a full blow in an angry situation.

It seems that there is really no problem with the victim being reincarnated immediately.
In addition to the remaining games, a total of 12 ivory chess pieces were found in the lacquer boxes placed on the games.

The quantity is a bit small.

There are 12 chess pieces, even if there may be more original chess pieces, it is estimated that there are only [-] or [-] chess pieces.

This amount is obviously not enough to play Go.

"Could it be that Zhao Hu is playing backgammon?" Chen Han thought nonsensically.

Of course, this is just a joke.

It can be seen in history books that the only chess game played by Chinese people in BC was Go, but it was not called Go at that time, it was called "Yi".

This is also the origin of the word "game".

Legend has it that Yao made Go and taught his son Danzhu.

In other words, Go may have appeared as early as the Yao and Shun period.

But this legend lacks argument.

But in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was already very common for Chinese people to play chess.

"Zuo Zhuan·Xianggong 25 Years" contains: "The players are indecisive, and they are invincible, but what's more, the king is not determined? It is inevitable!"

This is the earliest and most accurate record of Go in history books.

The 25th year of Duke Xiang was 548 BC.

In other words, Go was born in China at least before 548 BC!
It's not surprising that Zhao Hu was able to know how to go, and brought it underground to continue playing chess.

The only strange thing is that there are indeed too few chess pieces.

And this doubt is destined to have no way to answer.

　Just kidding, the political factors behind the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion are very complicated, not just because the son of King Wu was killed by a chessboard by Emperor Han Jing.

　　The main issue is the reduction of feudal clans.

　　However, this incident is definitely correct as a trigger and for King Wu to strengthen his anti-central thinking.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)