Wentang

Chapter 732 Oracle Bone Inscriptions

It is very simple for Yueshan to go to the palace, just change clothes and start, but it is complicated to bring his wife and children.

All kinds of changes of clothes, diapers, toys, etc. must be brought with them, and the fourth and fourth Yue Yue must be informed in advance so that they will not be anxious if they can't find their grandson.

However, these matters are taken care of by his own servants, Li Lizhi can just use his mouth, and Yue Shan can't help him with anything.

While his family was busy with this, a man in a white coat came over panting and said that something serious happened to the medical school, and Sun Yuan asked him to go there quickly.

Yue Shan was so startled that he broke out in a cold sweat, and he rushed to the medical school before he could ask further questions.

When I arrived at the door, I found that everyone was normal, and it didn't look like something serious happened. Could it be that the matter was temporarily covered and did not spread?
As he thought so, he was led all the way to an attic by the messenger.

Treasure Medicine Pavilion.

Isn't this the pharmacy of the medical school? Could something have happened here?
He didn't ask anyone to notify him, so he opened the door and walked in, and then he found Sun Simiao and a large group of people gathered around a table and didn't know what they were discussing.

Only then did he relax a little bit, don't care what happened, as long as no one was killed, there is room for redress for other things.

When everyone saw him coming in, they all stepped forward to say hello.

"Daozhang Sun, what happened?" Yue Shan asked after wiping off his sweat.

Seeing him sweating profusely, Sun Simiao knew that there was a misunderstanding, and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I didn't make it clear. It's not that something happened, but I discovered something very important."

After finishing speaking, he pointed to a middle-aged man in a white coat and said, "He is He Dachun, the head of Baoyao Pavilion, let him tell you."

"Master He." Yue Shan cupped his hands and said.

He Dachun said excitedly: "Dean Xia..., I am in charge of the storage and processing of medicinal materials in our academy, and I accidentally found strange lines on the keel that I bought. After checking, I found that it did not appear to be naturally formed, but more like I think it was engraved on it."

"At first I didn't pay attention to it, thinking that someone was bored and engraved for fun. But after checking all the keel bones, I found that more than half of them had lines, and many of the lines were exactly the same..."

Hearing this, Yue Shan's brain exploded, and he didn't hear a word of what he said later, and there was only one thought in his mind:
keel?Man-made textures?Still have many of the same textures?

No, no, no, no, it won't be Oracle.

Although his history teacher's knowledge is very unqualified, he still knows a little about oracle bone inscriptions, and it can even be said that he knows relatively clearly. The earliest oracle bone inscriptions in history were discovered from keels.

Now it is both keel and texture, which makes it hard not to think about it.

If the oracle bone inscriptions were really discovered, it would be a truly sensational discovery.

"Dean... Dean..." At this moment, he heard someone calling him, and when he recovered, he realized that he had lost his mind, and smiled apologetically at He Dachun.

"Sorry, I just remembered something, you continue to talk."

He Dachun then continued: "I copied these lines and found that it looked like a kind of writing... Then I told the director, and everyone agreed that it was like writing, but they were not sure. I invited you over."

Yue Shan urged excitedly: "Where is the thing you copied, show it to me."

"This is it." He Dachun pointed to a stack of papers on the table and said.

Yue Shan walked to the table in two steps in three steps. When he saw the symbols on the paper clearly, his heart almost jumped out of his chest with excitement.

"Oracle bone inscriptions, really oracle bone inscriptions. Haha..."

His gaffe shocked everyone. Although it is a happy thing to find a character that has never been seen before, it is not so happy.

There have been many kinds of scripts in the Central Plains. In the pre-Qin period, even a country had a kind of script.

Yue Shan picked up the papers and looked through them one by one. The more he read, the more excited he became, and finally he danced happily.

It is Oracle, he is familiar with it.It was similar to what he saw in books and online in his previous life, and he even saw several characters he knew.

Seeing him getting more and more excited, everyone showed worried expressions, don't you get mad?Everyone looked at Sun Simiao, asking him to think of a way.

"Ahem..." Sun Simiao coughed a few times and said, "Dean, Dean, do you know these words?"

Yue Shan replied smoothly: "I know part of it. These are oracle bone inscriptions, the characters of the Yin and Shang Dynasties."

Yin Shang's writing?
Although everyone was surprised, they didn't really understand what Yin Shang characters meant, so they didn't really understand why he was so excited.

There is no archeology these days, and no one doubts the existence of Xia Shang, and the civilization of the Central Plains has eliminated many kinds of scripts.In their view, this Yin Shang script is just one of many scripts that have been eliminated.

Their bland reaction made Yue Shan feel like a cow playing the piano, and that excitement subsided a lot.This kind of joy must be shared with people who know how to do it to be happier, and it is too uncomfortable to tell people who don't understand.

He is too familiar with this feeling. He was very interested in oracle bone inscriptions in his previous life and bought several related books.

When discussing this matter with people around me, basically no one is interested.Some people even bluntly said, isn't it the writing of the Shang Dynasty? There is nothing to study. There are quite a few people who hold this attitude.

In desperation, he can only discuss with people online.

This is still the case in the 21st century, let alone ancient times, so he just shook his head helplessly and didn't say much.

"There are many historical legends about the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, but what we have seen so far is only limited to the Zhou Dynasty. The Xia, Shang and Shang dynasties only exist in legends, and there are no real objects to prove their existence." He tried to explain a few things Sentence said:

"With keel bones and oracle bone inscriptions, it can be proved that Yin Shang really existed. It can also be used to study and understand the social structure and conditions at that time."

Everyone looked at each other, and one person couldn't help but said: "Does the existence of Xia, Shang and Zhou still need to be proved? So many books have recorded it."

Many people nodded their heads and said they thought so too.

But not everyone has this idea, He Dachun said:
"The existence of the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties does not need to be questioned, but there are too few records about that period of history. Now that we have oracle bone inscriptions, we can have a more detailed understanding. Maybe it will allow the Tang Dynasty to realize the grand occasion of the rule of the Three Dynasties."

The remaining part of the people also nodded repeatedly. The rule of the Three Dynasties is the perfect world in the fantasy of Confucianism.

It's just that there are too few records about the three generations. No one knows what that period was like, so they can only imagine it out of thin air.Now that there is writing, maybe the rule of the three generations can really be realized.

Thinking of this, everyone is also excited.

Yue Shan shook his head secretly. Although everyone was happy, the reasons for their happiness were different.

The discovery of oracle bone inscriptions is really important to Chinese civilization. It proves that the Chinese civilization has a long history and has never been cut off.

It proves that the Huaxia ethnic group is the aborigines of this land, not alien races.It proves that this vast land has been ours since ancient times.

It's just that Sun Simiao and others don't understand this yet, they just feel happy that these words may help Tang realize the rule of the Three Dynasties.

But in any case, it is a good thing to discover Oracle so many years in advance.

According to historical records, the earliest discovery of Yin and Shang ancient relics was in the Song Dynasty, and bronze wares were discovered.

However, in fact, the earliest Chinese people discovered the antiquities before the Yin and Shang Dynasties must not be the Song Dynasty, and perhaps every dynasty has such antiquities unearthed.It's just that it was not valued by the people at that time, and it was easily destroyed.

Fortunately, the bronze ware, the fragments of those pottery and other utensils were probably destroyed as garbage.

There are also oracle bones for writing. No one cares about this thing, and if it is picked up, it will be thrown away as garbage.

The possibility of being eaten as a medicinal material is also very high. After all, keel is a traditional Chinese medicinal material, which is said to be able to cure all diseases.

The so-called keel is the animal bones buried underground in ancient times.A large part of the keel bones discovered in the borders of Henan, Shandong, and Shaanxi are oracle bones from the Yin and Shang Dynasties.

The history of China's use of dragon bones as medicinal materials can be traced back to more than 1000 years ago. During this period, it is unknown how many Yin Shang oracle bones were ground into powder and eaten into the stomach.

Some people speculate based on the traces of human activities and the archaeological remains of the Yin and Shang Dynasties that there are at least hundreds of thousands of pieces or more... Just thinking about it will make you feel like a knife is piercing your heart.

Now that he has traveled to the Tang Dynasty, it is natural to find a way to protect it so that the oracle bone inscriptions can be seen again as soon as possible.It is believed that there are hundreds of thousands more oracle bones, which will help to crack the oracle bone inscriptions.

And with these oracle bones, the society of the Yin and Shang Dynasties will be reappeared in the world, and records of the history before the Yin and Shang Dynasties may be found.

Thinking of this, Yue Shan immediately ordered: "Order, collect and protect all these oracle bones, at all costs."

He Dachun immediately said: "Here, I'll give you an order. But I'm afraid we can't do it with our strength alone."

Yue Shan said: "Well, I will ask the academy to help. By the way, take some of the oracle bones you found and pack them up. I will go to see the saint right away."

Hearing that the emperor was going to be alarmed, everyone became more serious.He Dachun immediately took some relatively complete oracle bones and carefully put them in a box.

Yue Shan once again told them to collect the oracle bones before rushing away.

After returning home, he locked himself in his study and translated the oracle bone inscriptions copied by He Dachun against his memory.

As I said just now, he was very interested in oracle bone inscriptions in his previous life and had learned about its history.I bought a lot of books privately, and also bought a "dictionary" of oracle bone inscriptions, and there are many people discussing it on the Internet.

Historians and philologists in previous lives have deciphered more than two thousand oracle bone inscriptions, and he has compared each of them.The reason is that on the one hand, I like it, and on the other hand, I want to see if I can make some extra money.

The Museum of Chinese Characters offered a reward of [-] yuan to anyone who could decipher any unknown oracle bone inscriptions.

He wanted to make a fortune, but he also pretended to study it, and even sent an email to the museum's mailbox.Unfortunately, no reply was received.

By the day he crossed, it was said that only two people had won the 10 yuan bonus.

Although he didn't research anything, he has seen what others have researched.

One year in the college entrance examination, an ancient prose enthusiast wrote a composition in oracle bone inscriptions and got full marks.He also secretly wrote an article and posted it on the Internet, but it was sprayed by many people.

But in any case, being able to write essays in oracle bone inscriptions shows that he really has a certain understanding of this stuff.Although I have forgotten many of them after not using them for a long time, I can still remember most of them in comparison with Oracle.

The piece of oracle bone inscriptions copied by He Dachun has about 130 characters.

Why use approx, because these "characters" may have cracks caused by preservation reasons rather than the oracle bone inscriptions engraved on them. These can only be confirmed after careful research and comparison.

But he was able to accurately translate a quarter of the 130-odd characters, and his impression of a dozen or so characters was a little fuzzy, so he could only roughly guess what it meant.

The rest don't know whether He Dachun copied it wrong or was scratched, it looks specious, and the original shape cannot be recognized.

But these words are enough, I believe Li Shimin will be happy to see this kind of thing appear.

He regarded himself as the orthodox descendant of Yanhuang, and even changed the method of the era.Now that the writings and ancient objects from Yin and Shang came out in this era, the political significance of them is too great.

Early the next morning, Yue Shan took his wife and children to the palace in a carriage.

Passing a construction site on the road, it was a group of people who were building the railway.

The starting point of this railway is the Steam Engine Factory, which connects the Changwei Line.After the repairs are completed, steel from all over the country can enter the Weishui Wharf via the Yellow River, and then be directly transported to the steam engine factory via the Changwei Line Railway.

The steam engines manufactured by the steam engine factory can also be sent to ships and transported to all parts of the world through this line, and the manufactured trains can also be sent directly to the rails.

Normally, Yue Shan would be interested in coming down to say hello and have a chat with everyone, but today he pretended that he didn't care about the railway or not, and kept urging him to hurry up.

Li Lizhi naturally saw that her husband had something to do, but she only thought that there was some important matter in the court that he needed to deal with, so she didn't ask any more questions.

All the way to the palace, unfortunately, the emperor was still in the early court, so he had to take his family to Sun Wugou, the head of Qinzheng Palace, and it happened that Wu Chang also brought Li Xiang here.

Seeing the grandson and granddaughter coming over, the eldest grandson Wugou was so happy, he ignored the daughter and son-in-law at all, just hugged the child and kissed endlessly.

"Master, you are here." Wu Chang stepped forward and saluted.

Yue Shan also returned a half salute, and said, "Well, where is the little elephant? It ran away again?"

Wu Chang said with a headache, "It's too naughty, it started running around before the road was stable, and didn't let anyone hug it."

"Haha... children are like this. In two years, they will be hugged by others, and they won't even take a step." Yue Shan laughed.

Wu Chang said: "Really? I really hope he grows up soon."

"No, now is the most fun time. When you grow up, you will have a headache. If you are disobedient, you will be angry. Anyway, when I think about the future, the child will grow up and have a big head." Yue Shan said.

"Hehe..." Wu Chang chuckled and said, "Is the master also afraid? You are a great master who is famous all over the world, are you afraid that you can't teach your children well?"

Yue Shan said: "Everyone is an independent individual with his own thoughts, and no one knows what he will become."

"We can only teach them various knowledge and abilities, and we cannot decide for them what kind of person to be. If we insist on making them what we want them to be, it will only make them distorted and eventually collapse."

Wu Chang pondered for a while, and then said: "What Master said is true, I wrote it down."

Yue Shan sighed and said, "You are a person with a strong desire to manipulate. In the future, the two of us will definitely have differences or even conflicts on the issue of teaching the little elephant. You have to be mentally prepared in advance."

Wu Chang bit his lip and said, "Then what if we can't argue?"

"Can't argue?" Yue Shan chuckled and said, "You will back down."

"I..." Wu Chang was very unconvinced, but he didn't know what to say.

Yue Shan's sudden question really caught her by surprise, the child's future education?

She really thought about how to teach the children and what kind of person Li Xiang would become, but Yue Shan's words woke her up.

There are still several mountains on her head, the saint and the empress must have their own plans, even Li Chengqian will have their own ideas, and Yue Shan, the master personally appointed by the saint.

As for the teaching of the emperor's grandson, she really doesn't have much say as a mother.

Thinking of this, she felt aggrieved, and said stubbornly: "There are saints and empresses, can you be the master?"

Yue Shan smiled and said, "At least half of the credit for the prince's growth to today is due to me. Otherwise, why do you think the sage asked me to be the teacher of the little elephant? Let's put it this way, the sage has to give in when it comes to teaching him."

"Bragging." Wu Chang said bitterly.

"Haha..." Yue Shan couldn't help laughing seeing her so delicate and innocent.This shows that she does not regard herself as an outsider.

His laughter startled his eldest grandson Wugou, and he said from a distance: "What are you two talking about, you are so happy."

Wu Chang was trying to find an excuse to perfunctory the past, so he heard Yue Shan take the lead: "Tell me how to teach the little elephant in the future."

The eldest grandson Wugou also became interested, and said: "That's right, Xiang'er is two and a half years old, it's time to start school. You are his master, when are you going to teach him?"

With a black line on his forehead, Yue Shan said: "It's too early, let him have fun now, don't teach anything, and start teaching when he is four years old. I already have a complete plan, you don't want to meddle in and mess it up for me. "

"Four years old?" The eldest grandson Wugou didn't object, and said, "As long as you have a plan, let's be four years old if you are four years old. Since you have said so, then I will not teach him such nonsense."

Wu Chang was very surprised by Changsun Wugou's straightforward look, so it's a compromise?

She understood why Yue Shan was so sure that he could take the lead in teaching Li Xiang, the emperor and empress always had this attitude, no one could win him.

As for her as a mother, let alone.Not to mention that the empress and prince Li Chengqian were there, even without these three people, she would not dare to be tough with Yue Shan.

Yue Shan is her biggest backer and one of Li Chengqian's biggest supporters. She doesn't want to create conflicts between the two parties.

And this kind of relationship is not something that Li Chengqian can just ignore when he succeeds to the throne.No, by then it will be the beginning of another war, and she needs Yue Shan's support even more.

She had to do everything possible to support Li Xiang to become the prince, and even to keep his throne all the way.

And there are not many people she can rely on.Father and brother?Her father was loyal to the Supreme Emperor, and had a bad relationship with the present ministers, so there was not much he could do to help her.

The elder brother has just stepped into his official career, and it is unknown how high he can climb.Only Yueshan can give her enough help.

Therefore, if the two have differences, she will definitely endure and give in.

Thinking of this makes her feel uncomfortable, this princess is too aggrieved.

Deep down in her heart, she admires and respects Yue Shan as a master.And now that the relationship between the two is the most harmonious, she has never considered what will happen in the future.

Now Yue Shan brought it up on his own initiative, and directly stated that the two would have conflicts in the future, which was beyond her expectation and made her uncomfortable.

But seeing the attitude of her eldest grandson Wugou, she suddenly realized that she didn't need to think so much.

Even smart people like the sage and the empress are willing to hand over the work of educating their children to Yue Shan, so what is there to be unwilling about?
So I am afraid of comparison in everything, and sometimes it doesn't matter what I am not reconciled to after a comparison.

This is also the reason why Yue Shan took the initiative to bring up this matter, just to give Wu Chang a vaccination, so as not to cause conflicts between the two in the future because of the issue of educating Li Xiang, and eventually break up and become enemies.

At the same time, let her see the attitudes of Li Shimin and Changsun Wugou, and she will feel much better after comparing them.

After chatting for a while, everyone shifted the topic to taking care of the children.But basically it was Changsun Wugou, Li Lizhi and Wu Chang who were chatting, while Yue Shan just sat aside and listened and didn't say much.

As the saying goes, three women play in one play, and their chat is a lively one.

Naturally, the issue of the child's name was also discussed during the period, and everyone was full of praise for the two names Yue Yuhu and Yue Qianshu.

Yue Shan knew well that these two names were common, but what really made them extraordinary was Xin Qiji's poem.

When the topic came up with this poem, Changsun Wugou took the opportunity to ask someone to get a pen and ink to write down the poem, and also wrote down the poem by Tong Guanguan.

Yue Shan didn't know what to say about this, the couple had the same virtue.My own handwriting is so good and I still lie to his handwriting, I don't know what I thought.

Before you knew it, it was eleven or twelve o'clock in the morning, and Li Shimin finally came to the Palace of Qinzheng.

After teasing his grandson and granddaughter for a while, he and Yue Shan came to the main hall and turned away everyone.

(End of this chapter)