Four national treasures

Jiuding reveals mystery from beginning to end.

Legend has it that Jiuding was cast in Dayu era. Of course, from the perspective of historical materialism, this statement can only be said to be a legend, because judging from the smelting technology of Dayu era and the scale of Erlitou Palace, the ability of Xia Dynasty to smelt Jiuding is not credible. Therefore, some history lovers believe that Jiuding was probably cast in the Yin and Shang Dynasties, and then it belonged to the Dayu Dynasty. Moreover, people in the Shang Dynasty did have a hobby of casting cauldrons.

According to legend, Jiuding is the token of the son of heaven. With Jiuding, you can be regarded as the son of heaven and get the worship of the princes. Therefore, during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Chu Zhuangwang's power in Chu was exploding, so he had the idea of replacing the Zhou Emperor and being his own son.

Therefore, Chu Zhuangwang sent people to the Zhou Dynasty to discuss with Zhou officials how many idioms Jiuding had. Win the championship? This comes from it. The Zhou people answered simply: the virtue of the Zhou emperor is still there, the luck of the Zhou dynasty is not over yet, and the position of the emperor lies in virtue. You can't be an emperor by the arrogance of arms.

Words make Chu Zhuangwang feel guilty, therefore, Chu Zhuangwang dare not play the dominant idea.

During the Warring States Period, Qin Wuwang wanted to show off his physical strength and prove that the luck of the Zhou Dynasty was running out, so he held a cauldron symbolizing the Qin Dynasty in Luoyang. I don't know whether this is the fate of Qin Wuwang or the luck of the Zhou Dynasty. Qin Wuwang was crushed to death by the cauldron.

Strangely, a few years after Qin Wuwang's death, Qin first abolished the right of inheritance of the Zhou Emperor, and then Qin Zhuang Xiang Wang destroyed the Eastern Zhou State. After that, Jiuding's whereabouts disappeared in the history books.

After Qin Wangzheng, the son of King Xiang of Qin Zhuang, perished in six countries and became an emperor, the symbol of the son of Emperor China changed from Jiuding to Imperial Seal.

Many people think that there is a huge connection and hidden feelings: after all, Jiuding is the symbol of the son of heaven, and Qin Shihuang would not use Jiuding as his symbol unless he had to. Even if Qin Shihuang wants to be unconventional, history books should also record Qin Shihuang's attitude towards Jiuding.

A simple example is as follows: According to the biographical records of Qin Shihuang in Historical Records, Qin Shihuang wanted to abolish the enfeoffment system and change it to the county system. As a result, it also caused controversy in the court. Burning books and burying Confucianism? Events. As a token of the son of heaven, the replacement did not cause any discussion in the court, which is impossible anyway.

Therefore, the biggest possibility is that Jiuding is likely to fall into the hands of Qin, causing Qin Shihuang to use the imperial seal as a token of the son of heaven.

As for whether Jiuding will reappear in the world, Bian Xiao thinks this is an unpredictable thing: therefore, there are two possibilities for Jiuding's fate: one is to be destroyed in a certain period and become copper water, in which case Jiuding will disappear forever; Another possibility is that Zhou people hid it and buried it somewhere underground, which may be unearthed one day.

After Qin Shihuang ordered people to use the jade seal as the national seal, later dynasties regarded it as a symbol of the son of heaven and even orthodoxy. For example, in Xin Mang Dynasty of Wang Mang, although Liu Xiu later revitalized the Han Dynasty, it is difficult for later generations to evaluate Wang Mang's position.

Because follwed did get the Han Dynasty? Make way? Moreover, follwed does have a national decree.

During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Wei's legal system was regarded as orthodox by later generations. Mainly because Cao Pi has both the imperial edict of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty and the laws of the state, Cao Wei is regarded as orthodox.

It was not until the Five Dynasties that the inheritance of the imperial seal came to an end.

It was the Five Dynasties, the late Tang Dynasty. Li Congke, the last emperor of the late Tang Dynasty, was incompetent in governing the country, which made Shi Jingtang feel that he had a chance. So Shi Jingtang colluded with the Khitan Emperor Yelvdeguang to attack the late Tang court. Li Congke is extremely incompetent. Where did he stand the joint attack of a military genius like Shi Jingtang and a powerful Khitan? Finally, Li Congke, like the later Ming Emperor Wen Jian, set a fire in the court and set himself on fire.

Legend has it that the national seal was destroyed by fire, and it is also said that it is a mess and its whereabouts are unknown. In short, after the later Tang Dynasty, the national seal was never found. Although it is said that some people in the Song Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty obtained the national seal, it is not credible on the whole, and it is likely to be forged by later generations in disguise.

Bian Xiao believes that the probability that the Sichuan Imperial Seal can reappear in the world is almost small: the Sichuan Imperial Seal is jade and difficult to preserve. Therefore, even if it was not destroyed by Li Congke, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be accidentally damaged in the next thousand years.

I believe that most netizens should still remember the skull restoration map of Beijingers in junior high school history textbooks.

The skull of Peking man was unearthed in the 16th year of the Republic of China (1927). It is both lucky and unfortunate to be unearthed in this era.

Fortunately, because of the unprecedented progress in archaeology and paleontology, the ape-man skull realized its academic value. If found in ancient times, the fate of the ape-man skull is hard to say.

In ancient medicinal diet, there was a decoction called? Keel soup? . So-called? Keel soup? Actually, it's soup made from prehistoric fossils. Many precious paleontological fossils have been boiled for thousands of years by our ancestors and destroyed. In the eyes of the ancients, the ape-man skull was probably a good seasoning for a pot of keel soup.

Unfortunately, it is because the ape-man skull was found in war-torn old China. The ape-man skull was lost because of the later war, and its whereabouts are still unknown. Some scholars believe that the value of the ape-man skull is at least10 billion.

However, Bian Xiao is optimistic about the future of the ape-man skull: because of the disappearance of the ape-man skull, there is a high probability of being hidden, so I believe that one day in the future, the ape-man skull will reappear, but we don't know which day.

Wang Xizhi, a calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, left a legacy in the same year that Hu was slaughtered. The best running script in the world? Preface to Lanting Collection.

Preface to Lanting Collection was acquired by Li Shimin in the early Tang Dynasty. What does Li Shimin pursue? Having fun alone is not as good as having fun with others? Yu Shinan, a calligrapher at that time, was ordered to copy some Prefaces to Lanting Collection in order to raise.

As for the original, after the Tang Dynasty, its whereabouts are unknown. It is said that the original work was in the mausoleum of Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty, and it was also said that the original work of Preface to Lanting was destroyed as early as the war in the late Tang Dynasty.