Master Archaeologist

Chapter 262 It's a pity that I met Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.

After taking away the bed, a large number of utensils showed their true faces.

Chen Han, Kong Jianwen, Professor Li, Zhuang Yunpeng, Lin Ya and others stood beside the pile of utensils and kept identifying them.

"Is this supposed to be lacquerware?"

"It's a lacquered ear cup!"

"There is a copper vessel stacked under the earcup!"

"Hey, this should be Case [-], with copper edges!"

"This case is quite big, and all these cultural relics are placed on the case."

"Yes, this is a case. I don't know if it is for silver or copper!"

"No gui!"

Including those tripods, the cultural relics under the bed revealed their true faces.

It was a pile of lacquer and bronze on a table.

Most of them are practical, used to hold things.

However, among these utensils, there is no figure of Gui.

"Not a single gui?" Kong Jianwen rubbed his chin, thinking suspiciously.

There are ten tripods, but no gui.

What kind of funeral path is this?
Chen Han, who had been thinking about it for several days, said uncertainly from the side: "Teacher, after the Western Han Dynasty, the tripod, which symbolized power in the Zhou Dynasty, was gradually devolved into the field of daily utensils, and is no longer as sacred as the Western Zhou Dynasty. God?"

"After all, this is an era of rebuilding the system after the collapse of ritual and music."

"Perhaps this Marquis of Haihun just didn't follow the rituals of the week, and boldly chose ten tripods to be buried with him?"

In the Zhou Dynasty, the tripod was a status symbol, and nobles of different ranks were buried with different ranks of Gui.

But after the Western Han Dynasty, this system collapsed.

For the same reason, people who understand the rituals of Zhou are almost dead.

After the Qin State ruled the world and the chaotic times at the end of Qin Dynasty, the nobles of the Seven Kingdoms and the officials who knew the "Zhou Ritual" were basically dead.

By the time Liu Bang established the Western Han Dynasty, most of the court halls were mud-legged. Except for Zhang Liang, a Korean nobleman, there was no noble blood.

The nobles surnamed Ji who spread all over China back then were all destroyed.

So by the time of the Western Han Dynasty, the funeral culture had actually undergone great changes.

The biggest change is that people in the Western Han Dynasty regard death as life, and the brand-new funeral system such as jade burial.

Huang Chang Ti Cou is a thing inherited from the Western Zhou Dynasty, but the golden jade clothes were originally created by the Western Han people.

Similarly, the funeral system of Jiuding Bagui is not very common anymore.

The systems that can be checked in Zhouli have basically continued, such as the heavy coffin system, such as covering the face, etc.

However, the system like Jiuding Bagui was not very followed in the Western Han Dynasty.

Whether it is a scholar, a minister, or a prince, the Jiuding Bagui may not necessarily be seen in the tomb.

In the Zhou Dynasty, the system of Jiuding and Bagui, which was strictly regulated and insurmountable, did not seem to be paid much attention in the Western Han Dynasty.

On the contrary, the Western Han Dynasty's own funeral systems such as golden jade clothes, yellow intestines, catalpas, toilets, etc., have become insurmountable and must be observed.

In other words, in theory, no matter how many tripods Liu He was buried with, Hunhou of Shanghai, no one cares.

At least the Western Han Dynasty officials didn't care much about it.

They only cared about whether Marquis Haihun was buried privately in a jade garment of gold thread, or whether he used yellow sausage to make it up.

"I don't reject it, maybe Liu He was trying to show his identity, so he played a side ball and buried himself with the ten tripods to express his unruly idea that he is higher than the emperor?" Chen Han murmured.

Does Liu He have any grievances against Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty?
there must be!And it's very big!

In Liu He's eyes, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty not only took away the throne that should have belonged to him, but also put him under house arrest for more than ten years!

It is impossible to say that Liu He does not hate Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty and has no resentment against him!
So how to vent this resentment?
With Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty firmly in control of the carriage of the Western Han Dynasty, Liu He must not be able to express any grievances when he was alive.

Otherwise, he would be like his younger generation, the queen master Li Yu, who chanted the song "When is the spring flower and autumn moon", and then committed suicide.

Then Liu He's only choice is to disgust Emperor Xuan of Han after his death.

How disgusting?

Of course, use the sword of the previous dynasty to kill the officials of this dynasty!

For two weeks, the emperor can be buried with Jiuding!

Liu He just wanted to bury himself with ten tripods, one tripod more than the emperor!
Coincidentally, by the middle of the Western Han Dynasty, the Jiuding system had gradually faded, and it was no longer a symbol of the status of princes and nobles.

Liu He is on the edge, but not completely off the edge.

At least he didn't use yellow sausages and wear golden jade clothes when Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty didn't give him a gift!
At most, it is to use the nine tripods and eight gui systems of the previous dynasty to disgust Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.

And for the sake of prudence, he only used ten tripods, not a single gui.

A complete system of nine tripods and eight guis requires both tripods and guis to represent power.

He only uses a tripod and does not use a gui, which is regarded as an edge, but not completely edged.

This behavior of Liu He can be seen as a big move he has held back after being held back for a lifetime.

But the pity is that his behavior, apart from being able to enjoy himself, does not affect any fur of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.

Even Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, who learned the news, probably just laughed it off, and this "laugh" was still a mocking laugh.

After trying to understand this truth, Chen Han and Kong Jianwen had a bit of pity in their eyes.

Feel pity for Liu He's life full of drama.

I also felt pity for him to meet such a hero as Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty.

But what he met was not a hero like Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, but a weaker or incompetent monarch.

Then maybe the Western Han version of "The Change of Seizing the Gate" is possible.

Unfortunately, what he met was Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, the Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty who created Xiaoxuan Zhongxing and was nicknamed Zhongzong!
No matter how careful Liu He was, no matter how much resentment he had, he could only turn into the ten tripods in this tomb and play a ridiculous prank.

"Hey, let's extract the easy-to-extract cauldron first."

Sighing, Kong Jianwen no longer delved into this topic.

Leading Chen Han and Zhuang Yunpeng to squat down, everyone began to extract the pile of bronzes.

These ten bronze tripods are not big, unlike Shang and Zhou tripods, which are often tens of centimeters long and wide.

These tripods are all small tripods, each with a diameter of only ten centimeters.The height is about seven or eight centimeters.

However, the workmanship is exquisite, far surpassing Shang Zhou Ding's rough style.

In addition to the tripod, on this lacquered wood-wrapped copper table, there are also some cultural relics such as lacquer plates, incense burners, and copper lamps. Some are easy to extract, and some are stuck together and difficult to extract.

"Easy, light!"

"Take your time, don't rush!"

"This is missing a leg!"

"This one is missing an ear!"

"Don't worry, don't worry, I'll take a look!"

"Wait a minute, wait a moment, the legs are here, take your time!"

Amidst the continuous discussion, tripods, incense burners, and copper lamps were extracted from the mud.

Of course, after more than 2000 years of storage, most of these artifacts are a little bit damaged.

It is not uncommon to have missing ears and missing legs.

But this is already a very well preserved situation.

At least the body is not broken into seven or eight pieces, and there is no need for follow-up cultural relic restoration personnel to splice them one by one!
The cultural relics in Haihunhou's tomb are enough to surprise and satisfy all archaeologists.

(End of this chapter)