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Ancient letters and short stories
1, according to records, in the period of Wang You, King of Zhou Dynasty, more than 2,700 years ago, there was a method of transmitting information by bonfire. When all the princes saw the bonfire, they would send troops to help and fight the enemy. ?

According to legend, a favorite princess in Zhou Youwang praised her. She is beautiful, but she doesn't like to laugh. One day, in order to make her laugh, Zhou Youwang ordered the bonfire to be lit for no reason. All the overseers saw the alarm and went out in succession. As a result, they naturally made a trip in vain and were cheated. Nothing happened. In this way, it really made the compliment laugh.

But later, when enemy soldiers invaded, all the princes saw the bonfire and didn't believe it, so no one sent troops to save it. Zhou Youwang couldn't resist the enemy's attack because he couldn't get help from various governors. Not only was he killed, but the Western Zhou Dynasty also perished.

2. According to legend, Xue Pinggui went to the Western Ocean in the Tang Dynasty, and Wang Baochuan stayed in the cold kiln for more than ten years. One day, Wang Baochuan was picking wild vegetables when he heard a swan calling in the air.

Therefore, I request to send a book to Ping Guifulang for me. However, it was difficult to find pen and ink for some time. In desperation, I tore off my skirt, bit my fingertips, wrote a letter of blood and tears, and poured out my loyalty to my feelings and my expectation for the reunion of husband and wife, which spread and became an eternal story. Thus, Hongyan became a reputation as a postal courier.

3. It is reported that in the first year of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Su Wu, an envoy of the Han Dynasty, was sent to Xiongnu and was detained by the heroic and unyielding Khan. Khan exiled him to the no-man's land in Beihai to herd sheep. 19 years later, Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne, and the fierce Han Dynasty reconciled and married. The envoys of the Han Dynasty came to Hungary to ask Su Wu to return to China. Khan refused, but he couldn't say it, so he lied that Su Wu was dead.

Later, Emperor Zhao of the Han Dynasty sent envoys to the Huns, and Chang Hui, the detained deputy envoy who sent envoys to the Huns together with Su Wu, with the help of the jailer, secretly met with the ambassador of the Han Dynasty one night, told the ambassador of the Han Dynasty about Su Wu, and came up with a plan to let the ambassador of the Han Dynasty tell Khan: "When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was hunting in Shanglinyuan, he killed a wild goose, and a letter written in silk was tied to the goose's foot, which said that Su Wu did not. Han was very happy after hearing this, so he blamed Khan according to Chang Hui's words. Khan was surprised after hearing this, but he couldn't deny it, so he had to let Su Wu go back.

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The ancient ways of communication are as follows

1. Bamboo letters are made of bamboo sticks in the shape of geese, with letters in the middle, and some are directly engraved with words and patterns on bamboo and wood, which are passed to the target population or by other means. Not only that, when the ancients mailed letters, they also made them into the shape of geese with letters in the middle for mailing.

2. Passing books by flying pigeons is a way of communication between the ancients. These letters are tied to the feet of pigeons and then passed on to those who want to pass them on. In ancient times, communication was inconvenient, and smart people used many advantages such as pigeons flying fast and knowing the direction to domesticate pigeons and improve the speed of delivering letters.

3. The post station is the place where the officials who transmitted military information boarded the bus and changed horses on the way in ancient times. The frontier forces transmit information and are in charge of the ancient customs, navy and navy. Post-station signaling is an early organized communication mode.

4. Beacon is an important means of military communication in ancient frontier defense, and the lighting of bonfire indicates the emergence of national war. Beacon towers built on the border in ancient times usually put dry wood on the stage, and when there is an enemy situation, they will ignite and give an alarm-quickly transmit information through bonfires between the peaks.

Kites played an important role as an emergency communication tool in ancient times. The original kites were made for military needs, mainly for military reconnaissance or transmission.

6. Lighthouses originated from signal lighthouses in ancient Egypt. The earliest lighthouse in the world was built in the 7th century BC, located at Baba Point in the Daniil Strait, standing like a huge bell tower. At that time, people burned firewood in the lighthouse and used its fire to guide the course.

In 280 BC, the ancient Egyptians, under the orders of King Ptolemy II Filadelf, built a lighthouse on fallows Island opposite Alexandria, Egypt, which was 85 meters high and burned wood day and night, with flames and smoke columns as navigation signs. Faros Lighthouse, known as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world, was destroyed by the earthquake in 1302. At the beginning of the 9th century, the French built a lighthouse in Douang Reef, the surgical site at the mouth of the gironde River, which has been rebuilt twice. The existing lighthouse was built in 16 1 1.

7, signal flag, the ship has used signal flag communication for more than 400 years. The advantage of banner communication is very simple. Therefore, even today when modern communication technology is quite developed, this simple communication mode is still preserved and becomes an important way of short-distance communication.

In sign communication, signal signs can be used alone or in combination to express different meanings. Usually hanging a flag indicates the most urgent, important or commonly used content. For example, the A-flag is hoisted, which means "There are divers under my boat, please stay away from my boat slowly"; Hang the O-flag, which means "someone falls into the water"; Hanging the W flag means "my ship needs medical assistance".

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