Master Archaeologist

Chapter 302 Chen Haihun Hou He Mei died and worshiped!
Following Zhuang Yunpeng, Chen Han walked quickly to the bamboo slips research room of the archaeological base.

As soon as he entered, all he saw were human heads.

Well, as long as they are resting archaeologists, all of them have come here.

The news that the Bamboo Slips Laboratory had restored some of the bamboo slips had already spread throughout the archaeological base.

for an archaeological project.

The most important things have never been those bronze or lacquerware.

The most important discovery will always be words!
The reason why the Li Gui became a national treasure is not because it is an exquisite bronze vessel, but because of the inscription "Battle of Muye" recorded on the Li Gui!
For any civilization, written inheritance is always the most important thing.

Because text, as the only information carrier, can retain all the information of that era to the greatest extent!
For Haihunhou's tomb, it doesn't matter whether it is the gold or the various treasures in Haihunhou's tomb.

The most important is always the cultural relics with words!
Whether it is the "Liu He" seal or the full-length mirror engraved with Confucius' famous quotes, they are the most important cultural relics among them.

The more than 5000 bamboo slips and wooden slips found in the library are the most important among them.

When he came over, Chen Han had already understood.

Most of the bamboo slips in Haihunhou's tomb are of the same standard, that is, 32 characters can be recorded on one bamboo slip.

There are more than 5000 bamboo slips, all of which add up to more than [-] characters in text!
Although these bamboo slips are poorly preserved, there are not one out of ten.

But the content of tens of thousands of words must still be left behind!

Tens of thousands of words!

In the era from the Warring States Period to the Western Han Dynasty, one or two hundred words was already an article, and thousands of words was already a book!

With tens of thousands of words, there must be at least a hundred volumes of books!
In fact, there are so many.

When he arrived at the Jiandu laboratory, Chen Han heard the hoarse shouts of several researchers.

"Everyone, don't squeeze. The bamboo slips that have been cleaned up so far contain about dozens of volumes. At present, there are two weaving ropes that can be distinguished, and more than three writing styles!"

"The content is very rich. Mr. who knows big seal script, small seal script and clerical script can come and study first, and everyone else should take it easy and make way!"

Although Liu He lived in the Western Han Dynasty, Lishu was already in use throughout the country at that time.

However, his collection contains three fonts.

This is normal.

Many things like books have been preserved since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

After all, the bamboo slips are very durable. If they are not placed in the ground, but used for frequent study, they will not break for hundreds of years.

In Liu He's collection of books, there are many classics from the Warring States period.

Including the "The Analects of Confucius", it is also a classic left over from the Warring States period, and it was written in the seal characters of Qi State.

Literate people living in the middle of the Western Han Dynasty not only had to master official script and small seal script, but also large seal script.

Even, many high-level scholars in the Western Han Dynasty made Xue Zong Zhou Yayu.

It was an era when the Zhou Dynasty's culture was still being passed on intermittently, even though the Zhou Dynasty had collapsed.

If you don't know a little bit of seal script, you won't be able to get along at all.

I can't even understand many books.

Fortunately, Chen Han knows both big and small seal characters.

After hearing what the researcher said, he hastily raised his hands up, indicating that he understands!
We are all civilized people, and of course they won't be as messy as the rush to buy in the vegetable market.

Soon, other archaeologists gave way to Chen Han.

He smoothly walked to a piece of bamboo slips divided and packed by plexiglass.

"These are the bamboo slips that have been restored?"

With excitement, Chen Han carefully picked up one of the wooden tablets.

A large number of bamboo slips were unearthed from Haihunhou's tomb, and more than 5200 bamboo slips were found in the document archives in the main coffin chamber alone.

These bamboo slips are placed in three lacquered bamboo slips, the smallest one contains more than 200 pieces, and the largest three groups contain more than 4000 pieces.

The batch in front of Chen Han is the smallest wooden tablet in lacquer.

The piece in his hand is a tablet, not Jane.

Jian is bamboo slips, and slips are wooden slips.

Jian and Du are different in width.Bamboo slips are generally narrow and can only write one or two lines.On the other hand, wooden tablets are wider, and can write several lines or even a dozen lines, and can be written on both sides.

In many cases, a wooden tablet will describe a complete event or transcribe a complete article.

Therefore, it is generally not necessary to connect multiple pieces of wooden tablets, and one should read them one by one when reading.

The wooden tablets in Haihunhou's tomb are all individually placed in a lacquer box.

To his surprise, the wooden tablet was not written in big seal script, but in clerical script, which is easy to understand and not much different from modern Chinese characters.

This piece of wooden tablet is about 23 centimeters long, which is one foot in the Han Dynasty, and about 6.6 centimeters wide, which is 3 to 4 inches in the Han Dynasty.

"Nanfan Haiyun Marquis He Mei died and worshiped the letter..."

"Chen He Mo is dead and I will beg to accompany you as an envoy..."

"The servant, Rao Jufengshu, died... I will pray for the autumn again!"

After reading two bamboo slips in a row, Chen Han understood the content.

This is a "playing wood tablet" written by Haihunhou!
Memorials, that is, wooden tablets on which memorials are written!
"This is a reading! This should be the earliest surviving high-level official document of the Han Dynasty in our country!" Chen Han immediately became excited.

The memorial written to the emperor has never been unearthed so early before!
In other words, such things as memorials are rarely unearthed, at least there are very few memorials with the emperor.

In the Western Han Dynasty, when courtiers wrote memorials to the emperor, they usually wrote on wooden slips.

After receiving the wooden tablet, the emperor made a reply on the blank space above or on the back, and then sent it back to the minister.

This is why these memorials written by Haihunhou to the emperor will appear in the tomb of Haihunhou.

This thing is too rare!

And the amount of information is very large!

□The Emperor's Majesty's minister, He Mei, died and worshiped again, and I would like to make the accompanying ministers, experts, ministers, and servants, Rao Ju, Feng Yuankang...for four years"

"Ju Feng... I will pay homage to you after I die... Your Majesty", "October in the third year of Yuankang..." "Doctor of the February Gate in the fourth year of Yuankang"

"I congratulate you again, Your Majesty the Book Master..."

"Hai Hunhoufu...the queen mother...to accompany...your majesty the queen mother...your majesty the queen mother..."

"Mrs. Haihunhou, my concubine, will die...His Majesty the Empress Dowager..."

Chen Han looked at many wooden tablets in a row, and he knew it in his heart.

Most of these wooden slips are memorials given by Liu He and his wife to Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty and the Empress Dowager respectively.

And the content of the memorial is that the couple want to "ask in autumn"!
What is "autumn invitation"?
This is the ceremony for the princes to meet the emperor in autumn, and it is called "Autumn Invitation" for short.

Corresponding to it is the ceremony of meeting in spring, which is called "Spring Dynasty".

"Spring Dynasty" and "Autumn Invitation" clearly reveal the status of the monarch and his ministers.

According to "Zheng Yun", "the system of the Han Dynasty, the spring is the court, and the autumn is the invitation, just like the betrothal gifts of the ancient princes."

Qing Duan Yucai's "Shuowen Jiezi Zhu" said, "Zhou Li, Spring Dynasty and Autumn Judgment. Han Dynasty, changed to Spring and Autumn Judgment".

The princes and princes of the Western Han Dynasty often came to Chang'an to meet the emperor on a regular basis, which was a deterrent to centralization.

Some princes and kings invite every three years, while princes usually invite once a year.

However, looking at the content of Haihunhou's memorial, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty seemed to avoid Haihunhou.

Liu He passed away in only three or four years, but there are more than a dozen memorials for his request for an audience!

Such frequent applications are obviously because Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty did not allow him to come to Chang'an for an audience, and even deprived him of his pilgrimage rights as a lieutenant.

This is recorded in the history books.

According to the biography of "Hanshu", Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty gave Haihunhou the edict of the title of Marquis: "Gai Wenxiang was guilty, and Shun granted him the title of kinship. There is no difference in analysis. He, the old king of Changyi, was named Haihunhou. , four thousand households in the city of food."

On the day he was named Marquis, Liu He was not eligible to enter the court.

At that time, Jin Anshang, a servant of the Zhongwei, played a book for him, saying that Liu He was abandoned by the heavens, and he was a "Yin (yin) obstinate person who is not suitable for the imperial appointment ceremony of the ancestral temple." Emperor Xuan agreed, and Liu He traveled far away. "The Chapter of Yuguo".

However, being deprived of the qualifications to invite the court was an extremely severe punishment in the Han Dynasty, which was tantamount to cutting one's position for the people.

"Chunchaoqiu invitation" is a kind of political treatment. For Liu He, this door has been strictly closed since he was granted the title of Marquis of Haihun. Liu He wanted to go again when he had no chance, so he wrote a letter The emperor asked for the ceremony of "autumn invitation".

And the text of these memorials reveals a very important message, which allows us to further understand Liu He's state of mind when he arrived in the Haihun Kingdom. He is really unwilling.

It also proved that the history books said that Haihunhou was deprived of the qualification to enter the court, which is correct!
The rigor of China's historical records has been proven once again!
(End of this chapter)