Betty Wong
In the 24th year of Zhou Dynasty (496 BC), He Lv, the king of Wu, died in battle. Fu Cha, son of He Lv, acceded to the throne and vowed to take revenge. In the spring of the 26th week (494 BC), Fu Cha, the king of Wu, led an army to attack Vietnam and avenged his father. He defeated the Vietnamese army in Fuyue (now Shaoxing North, Zhejiang Province) and the Vietnamese army retreated to Huiji Mountain (now Shaoxing South, Zhejiang Province). Gou Jian, the king of Yue, led 5000 soldiers with full armor to guard, bribed Wu Taizai to make peace and asked him to come forward to make peace. At the same time, offer beautiful women to Fuxi for peace. Wu Zixu thought it was wrong, but Fu Cha didn't take Wu Zixu's advice and made peace with Yue. Gou Jian, the state of Yue, and Fan Li, the minister, stayed in Wu as hostages to serve Fu Cha. In the third year of Wu, Gou Jian reached the 29th year of Zhou (49 BC1), and Fu Cha, the king of Wu, released him. Gou Jian learned from a painful experience and was determined to avenge himself. In order to sharpen his ambition and not forget his humiliation, he hung his gallbladder indoors and must taste it before eating. When I sleep, I put firewood under my body to keep myself alert, be prepared for danger in times of peace, and not lose my determination to avenge myself. He farmed with the people and let his wife weave and cut clothes. After a long and arduous struggle, Yue finally made a comeback. In the summer of the thirty-eighth year of the Zhou Dynasty (482 BC), Gou Jian, the king of Yue, took a long trip by ambush, led a great army to attack Wu, defeated Wu Shi, and seized the capital of Wu. In the fourth year of Zhou Yuanwang (473 BC), Gou Jian attacked Wu again, defeated Wu Jun, and Fu Cha committed suicide.
According to the above description, it can be inferred that in the 29th year of Zhou (49 1 BC), Fu Cha, the king of Wu, released Gou Jian to China. In four years (473 BC), Gou Jian attacked Wu again, defeated Wu Jun, and Fu Cha committed suicide.
From 49 BC1year to 473 BC, it took 18 years!
196565438+In February, archaeologists found a bronze sword with a black lacquer wooden sheath in the tomb of a Chu nobleman at No.1 Wangshan, Jiangling, Hubei. This 55.6 cm long sword is covered with black diamond patterns, and the front and back of the sword lattice are also inlaid with blue glass and turquoise into beautiful patterns respectively.
Whose sword is this? Everyone present thought it was the tomb owner's sword. But the inscription of eight birds on the sword quickly denied this conclusion. Among them, six words were recognized by archaeologists on the spot as "the sword of the King of Yue". However, although the middle two seal scripts representing the name of the King of Yue are clearly visible, no one recognizes them.
In other words, this is a sword of the King of Yue, but there are five in the history of the King of Yue. Which sword is this?
Why did the sword of the King of Yue appear in the tomb of Doctor Chu?
After more than two thousand years, this sword is still as sharp as ever, without rust, and it can easily cut sixteen layers of paper. Tan Derui of Shanghai Museum is very interested in this phenomenon.
After observing through a 3000-fold magnifying microscope, Tan Derui found traces of chemical treatment with a thickness of one hundredth of a millimeter on the metal surface. It turns out that this sword is vulcanized, which is its immortal secret for thousands of years. This technology was discovered and started to be used in the 1930s in the West, two thousand years later than ours.
But who is the owner of the sword?
Fang Zhuangyou was the head of archaeology at that time. He mailed the rubbings on the sword to Oracle Bone Inscriptions and bronze experts in China at that time. Guo Moruo thinks it is "Shao Liu", but he is not particularly sure. However, Tang Lan, a famous expert on epigraphy, thinks these two words are "superficial".
In 494 BC, Wu Yuejun fought a life-and-death battle, and the Vietnamese army was defeated. Gou Jian, the king of Yue, became the groom of Fu Cha, the king of Wu, after offering a stunning beauty stone. After 20 years of hard work and humiliation, Gou Jian returned to Yue, appointed a virtuous minister, developed production and made a comeback. It took nine years to destroy Wu and become the last overlord in the Spring and Autumn Period. "Hattori Shallow" is the name of Gou Jian, the King of Yue. He is eating his bread and drinking his intestines. This sword is the legend of overlord in the Spring and Autumn Period.
However, why did Gou Jian's sword appear in the tombs of Chu nobles? Is it the dowry of Gou Jian's daughter when she married Chu? Or did the tomb owner get a reward from the king of Chu when Chu perished? What technology did the ancients use to cast concentric circles on the hilt with intervals thinner than hair? The problem still attracts people deeply today.