Master Archaeologist

Chapter 61 Gengchen, May 13, Jiangling Cheng Dare to Sue the Underground Cheng!
The other colleagues who moved a little slower didn't have time to see the content of the bamboo slip in Su Sa's hand.

But Zhang Jianbo was still quick, and took the lead in snapping a lot of photos before it was oxidized.

Everyone immediately gathered around Zhang Jianbo again, eager to find a magnifying glass to take a closer look at the photos he took.

"Gengchen in May of 13, Cheng Jiangling dared to sue the underground Cheng."

"This sentence is quite recognizable."

Professor Li pushed the lens, and said with a little excitement: "Gengchen in May of 13!"

"The age of the owner of the tomb can be determined!"

"From the first year of Jianyuan, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Huaxia only had a year name."

"Before Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the only emperor who reigned for more than 13 years in the early Western Han Dynasty was Emperor Wen of Han!"

"The tomb owner was buried on the 13th day of May in the 17th year of Emperor Hanwen's BC!"

More than a dozen colleagues at the Institute of Archeology of the Academy of Social Sciences were all excited.

This is a major discovery.

Professor Li waved his hand vigorously, turned his head and looked at Kong Jianwen excitedly: "By the way, what is the letter to the ground? Is this a letter to the ground?"

Kong Jianwen nodded, with a bit of unconcealable shock mixed in his expression.

"Xiao Chen, are you sure you didn't admit your mistake?" He also asked Chen Han in disbelief.

The characters on the bamboo tablets are Xiaozhuan.

The difference between this thing and modern simplified characters is not as similar as the difference between simplified and traditional characters.

Even for scholars who specialize in Xiaozhuan, it is difficult to distinguish most of the characters clearly in just a few tens of seconds.

Kong Jianwen also had time to read the first sentence clearly, and this was thanks to the simplicity of the first sentence on the bamboo tablet.

"Gengchen in May of 13, Cheng Jiangling dared to sue the underground Cheng."

Kong Jianwen had time to recognize this sentence, and then the bamboo tablet became pitch black.

It is also because of this that Kong Jianwen was quite shocked by Chen Han's fluent and smooth reading of all the content on the bamboo tablet just now.

How could Chen Han, a doctoral student, be so proficient in Xiaozhuan that he could recognize it at a glance?

At least this can only be done by an old scholar who has specialized in the study of Xiaozhuan for more than ten years!
However, apart from being shocked, Kong Jianwen also felt that Chen Han's thoughts might be right in his heart.

Because Kong Jianwen can probably tell from the sentence he recognized that this is indeed a "report to the ground".

Cheng Jiangling dared to sue the underground Cheng, is this not a letter to the ground, or what?
The book of confession is a kind of funeral utensil.

It is a dead person's migration document written by the ancients to imitate real-life migration documents for the deceased in funeral activities.

Similar to the "road guide" used by living people!
To put it more simply, this is a letter of introduction issued by an official on the ground to the owner of the tomb, and the recipient of the letter is an underground official.

This thing was more popular in the Western Han Dynasty, and gradually became rare after the Western Han Dynasty.

In Jingzhou, there was an unearthed book of confession, which came from Tomb No. 18, Gaotai, Jingzhou.

"Xiao Chen, read the text you saw to Professor Li again."

"Let him check with the text on the photo to see if you made any mistakes."

Kong Jianwen quickly asked Chen Han to read it again.

Professor Li is the head of the Qin and Han Research Office of the Institute of Archaeology, Academy of Social Sciences.

He specialized in archaeological work during the Qin and Han dynasties, and his research on Xiaozhuan is very deep.

At this time, Chen Han himself was quite surprised.

In fact, he read it subconsciously. He didn't even expect that, except for two characters that he didn't know, he could recognize the rest so smoothly.

Immediately, Chen Han remembered the archaeological expertise points rewarded by the system before.

Xiaozhuan must belong to archaeological expertise!
Obviously, these points are added to the identification of Xiaozhuan!
Not to mention, it's very useful!

Chen Han hurriedly read the words he saw to Professor Li again based on his impression.

While listening to Chen Han's narration, Professor Li took Zhang Jianbo's camera and compared it with the photos inside.

It took Professor Li a little time to judge the clear text, but under Chen Han's "prompt", it suddenly became clear.

According to Chen Han, the content of this report to the ground is roughly "Jiang Lingcheng told the officials of the underworld on May 13, [-], that the owner of the tomb had brought a large number of horses and servants to the underworld. Officials can help him ask the master of the underworld for instructions and leave him an official position."

Professor Li nodded excitedly while listening, and kept comparing with the photos of the bamboo slips. After confirming the two, he said excitedly: "That's right, that's the content of this report!"

"This is a huge amount of information!"

"The exact time when the owner of the tomb was buried, the origin and identity of the owner of the tomb, and the number of main burial objects are all clearly recorded."

"The content is roughly similar to the wooden tablets unearthed from Mawangdui No. [-] Han Tomb."

"It's the last sentence, quite bold."

"If you can make officials regard you as officials, you dare to sue the Lord."

"This is asking for instructions from the local government officials for an official position!"

It can make officials regard dry as officials and dare to sue the Lord. The meaning of this sentence translated into vernacular is:
"The owner of the tomb who went to live underground is very capable. He is an official. The owner of the underworld may consider making him an official."

This is the meaning of "Jiangling Cheng" introducing talents to "Underground Cheng".

In the notice books found in other Western Han tombs, there is no such situation that officials on the ground actively recommended them.

Most of them are to write clearly how many "slaves" and "livestock" the owner of the tomb brought to be buried with him, just to give an introduction of his identity and background.

Professor Li sighed: "It can be seen that the owner of the tomb had very strong contacts in the Jiangling officialdom during his lifetime, otherwise Jiangling Cheng would not recommend him so favorably."

After confirming that he read it correctly and translated correctly, Chen Han was also a little excited.

The level of distinguishing Xiaozhuan by myself has greatly improved!

In the past, to distinguish Xiaozhuan, you have to think about a word for more than ten seconds before you can be sure. It is difficult that you may not be able to recognize it for a minute or two.

Now I can understand more than 1 characters in one minute!

However, in this piece of bamboo tablet, there are still two characters that he did not recognize.

Following the good habit of asking questions when he doesn't understand, Chen Han humbly asked Professor Li, "Professor Li, there are two words in this report that I didn't recognize."

"One is the word after "Five Shiyang Doctors", and the other is the two horses after "four horses"."

Following Chen Han's reminder, Professor Li immediately found these two words in the photo.

The first character is fine. The inability to read is not a problem with the level of Xiaozhuan, but the handwriting on the bamboo tablet is a bit blurred. It may be necessary to wait until the cultural relics restoration workers have repaired it before trying to decipher it.

But the embarrassing thing came.

After Professor Li carefully identified the second word, he didn't recognize it either.

This character is next to the character for horse, plus a pictographic character that is a bit like Fei and a bit like a butterfly.

For a while, Professor Li didn't understand what the word meant.

At least this character is not a common Xiaozhuan font, it is very partial, and it is even a character that has not been recorded.

"this."

Facing Chen Han's eyes full of thirst for knowledge, Professor Li smiled awkwardly.

"When I go back to study and study, I must be cautious about words that I don't know and are difficult to distinguish."

(End of this chapter)