World Tibet Bureau

The inscription begins with a few words: God hides the Nine Cauldrons, and the world returns to ruins.

Signed "Tao Zhi".

Chairman Liu’s conjecture is absolutely correct.

This Huntian Zodiac Instrument was created here by Li Chunfeng who occupied the magpie's nest.

When Li Chunfeng was nine years old, he went to Jingyun Temple in Nantuo Mountain to worship Taoist Master Yuan as his teacher, and he was also named Taoist.

As the moisture and gray stains outside were wiped away, a long inscription in regular script appeared in front of us.

Oracle bone inscriptions, bronze inscriptions, large and small seal scripts, official script, regular script...

During the Tang Dynasty, beautiful regular script began to be used.

The armillary zodiac and the era of the font completely correspond to each other.

"I heard that at the beginning of the universe, the sky and the earth were dim and chaotic. In ancient times, there was a god named Pangu who was born in it. He was eight thousand years old and the heaven and the earth were opened. The clear yang was the sky and the turbid yin was the earth. The spiritual energy of the universe gathered in it, gathering and dispersing without limit. , all things take form, either as gods, or as humans, or as the combination of humans and gods, which is called ancient witchcraft.

The ancient witches often wander around the sky and the earth, attracting spirits and gathering energy. They use many tricks to cast spells on the bodies of humans and animals, transforming them into mythical beasts, human beasts, and ghost beasts. .

Emperor Zhuanxu mourned the hardships faced by the people, relieved the people from hanging upside down, chopped down trees to bring heaven and earth to heaven, exterminated witches and subdued the turbid and raised the clear. The energy of the heavens settled down, turned into the veins of the Nine Dragons, and spread over the nine states. From then on, the heaven and the earth were in order, the people did not lose the opportunity to have children, and the people were mellow and virtuous.

The veins of the Nine Dragons nourish the Qi of Haoran, and the blood overflows and condenses into essence.

King Yu of Xia ordered the craftsmen to refine it into copper and cast it into nine tripods. The tripods were carved with the positions of the subdued dragons and contained the method of activating the dragons.

When the Nine Cauldrons are completed, the gods state the state, calling for royal power and admired by the world.

King Yu sacrificed the nine tripods and told the gods that if the government is unkind, the people will have no place to stand, no food to eat and no shoes to walk on, and when the fields are covered with grass, a benevolent person will take the tripod to reveal the secret of the dragon's hidden treasure, and lead one of the nine veins of the dragon to rise. , ended the troubled times and established a new king.

Jiuding spread to the Shang Dynasty and then to the Zhou Dynasty.

Zhou's virtue declined and Jiuding was in danger.

There is a gentleman, Meng Heyuan, who is a man of gods. He plundered the Nine Cauldrons and hid them in the mountains and rivers of Jiuzhou..."

The middle part is omitted.

The last paragraph is: "Wow! I only hope that the world will be stable, the light of the cauldron will shine forever, and the divine pearl will be sealed forever. Worship of the Tao."

An inscription of hundreds of words.

Simple, handsome, and powerful, it tells us an incredible story.

Although we generally understand the meaning, the description in some places is relatively concise, and everyone understands it differently, especially me, who may only be better than Xiaozhu and Hao An in this regard.

Now there is an urgent need for someone to translate the entire inscription completely, accurately, and straightforwardly, so as to unify everyone's understanding.

Xia Xi said: "Who will translate? Hurry!"

President Liu waved his fan and volunteered: "I'll do it!" Xia Xi immediately stopped him: "You can pull him down, or ask Miss Lu to come!"

Lu Cenyin nodded: "Okay, I'll translate it. If there's something wrong, Brother Liu and Daxia can always add it."

I:"……"

Do you despise me just because you co-authored it?
Lu Cenyin read it carefully again, pondered for a while, and began to translate.

"I heard that in ancient times, there was chaos between heaven and earth, shaped like an egg. In ancient times, there was a god named Pangu. He used an ax to create heaven and earth. From then on, clean air rose and turbid air fell. There was a lot of spiritual energy gathered between heaven and earth. , wandering around the world, thousands of creatures began to take shape, some became humans, some became gods, and some became a species where humans and gods coexist, called ancient witches."

"Ancient witches often climbed sacred trees and shuttled freely between heaven and earth. They knew strange spells, often attracting spirits and gathering energy, and performed magic on humans and animals. As a result, many people in the world turned into extremely weird and demonic forms. , ghosts, and mythical beasts, they often fight and fight with each other, and many people die. The people have had enough of the suffering of witchcraft."

"Emperor Zhuanxu saw the chaos and suffering in the world, so he took action to save the people. He cut off the sacred trees that connected heaven and earth, and destroyed witchcraft. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth was no longer chaotic, and began to slowly settle, gradually turning into nine Fulong Mountains. They are located in Jiuzhou respectively, where the people can cultivate themselves and live a healthy life, and the people are simple, kind and virtuous."

"Nine Fulong Mountains absorb the awe-inspiring energy between heaven and earth, filling the mountains, overflowing with dragon blood, and the dragon blood condenses into essence... From my understanding, there is a high probability that this is a mine. King Yu of Xia (in the ancient mythology genealogy, He is indeed a descendant of Emperor Zhuanxu) ordered the craftsmen to refine the dragons into fine copper and cast the nine tripods. On each tripod, the specific positions of the nine dragons are engraved..."

Xia Xi interrupted: "Wait a minute! Xia Zhu Jiuding, didn't he say that the topographic map of Kyushu is engraved on the tripod? How come it turned into the specific location of the nine fulminating dragons engraved on it?"

I asked back: "Have you seen Jiuding?"

Xia Xi replied: "I haven't seen it."

I said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Who knows what is true or false? Do you know better than Li Chunfeng?"

Xia Xi replied: "Then I am naturally not as good as Brother Li."

I said: "Cen Yin, you continue!"

Lu Cenyin continued to translate.

"Each cauldron is engraved with the specific location of a subdued dragon, and there are also hidden methods for activating the dragon's veins, nine in total."

"After the Nine Tripods were cast, the Divine State became established in the world, and its majestic royal power was admired by the world. King Yu of Xia worshiped the Nine Tripods and told the gods that if he encounters a chaotic world with chaotic government and unkindness, there are benevolent people. You can take the cauldron, reveal the method of opening a dragon inside, and draw out one of the nine dragon veins. The dragon vein can end the troubled times and establish a new king."

"Xia Jiuding was passed to the Shang Dynasty, and then to the Zhou Dynasty. During the Zhou Dynasty, the virtues declined, and the Jiuding was in crisis... It is written here relatively briefly. My understanding refers to the chaos in the world in the later Zhou Dynasty, frequent conquests, and the kings fighting for each other. The meaning of tripod. At this time, there was a gentleman named Meng Heyuan, he was a god-like figure, and he robbed Jiuding by himself. "

"He hid the Jiuding and buried it under the mountains and rivers of Jiuzhou. From then on, no one knew the whereabouts of the Jiuding, and no one knew the specific location of the nine dragon veins. After Meng Heyuan buried the Jiuding, he carved all the secrets of the Jiuding into a stone Among the beads..."

President Liu shook his fan and looked very excited: "Sorry! Miss Cen Yin, I have to interrupt here!"

"Xia Jiuding is the number one national treasure in the world, which is more precious than the jade seal passed down from the country. Many people have studied its whereabouts in ancient and modern times, and Liu has been obsessed with it for a long time!"

"It is clearly recorded in "Historical Records. Zhou Benji" that after King Nan of Zhou died, Qin plundered Jiuding from Luoyi and brought it to Qin. In other words, in the fifty-second year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, Qin plundered Jiuding from Luoyang. This proves that Jiuding was brought back to Luoyang. At least it still existed during the Qin Dynasty, but why is it said here that the Jiuding disappeared during the Zhou Dynasty?"

"Also, who is this Meng Heyuan, and why is there not a single word or fragment of record in history?"

(Updated today, sorry.) (End of chapter)