Chapter 1042 Apprentice

Han Jiayan also held a copy: "Shaobao, it can be seen that our Xiangzhou is the new capital that Pan Geng moved to. And the previous capital, you think, should be Nanbo, today's Shangqiu, or Beibao, and today's Yanshi

?”

Su You smiled and said, "What do you think?"

Han Jiayan said: "The "Shui Jing Zhu·Binshui" records: 'The Bin River runs east to the north of Dameng City. Since ancient times, we have not heard of two Mongolians. It is suspected that they are Meng Bo. The so-called Jingbo is Beibo."

"Jiao Juyun said: Shang Tang has the fate of Jing Bo. Kan Xiang said: Tang is also the capital. The ruins of Emperor Bo were located between the Yuzhou River and Luo in "Yu Gong", twenty miles west of Yanshi City in present-day Henan.

This is the Xixiang Pavilion."

"However, later generations raised doubts about this conclusion. Huangfu Mi thought it was a fact, but scholars missed it."

"As Mencius said, Tang lives in Bo and is adjacent to Ge, which means that Bo and Ge are adjacent to each other."

"As for Tangdu, it is recorded that the area is only seventy miles wide, and Ge is no bigger than Fengbo's country. The area is limited, so it is impossible that the tomb of King Shang is eight hundred miles away from Yanshi and adjacent to it. If so, the boy's gift recorded in ancient books

It is untenable to cultivate it for wages."

"Based on this, it can be inferred that there should be two places named Bo in the Liang State area at that time. The southern Bo was in Gushu County and the northern Bo was in Meng County. If we follow the textual research in "Shang Shu Zhonghui's Edict": "Ge Boqiu

"Rates and levies began with Ge." Then Mencius is right. The capital of Shang should be Nanhao."

"But "Huang Lan" also mentions: Three miles east of Guodong in the north of Baocheng, there are Tang Tombs on the ground. The tombs are in four directions, each ten steps square, seven feet high, and the upper level is also. In the first year of Emperor Ai of the Han Dynasty, Da Sikong Shi

Changxiang was flooded, and because of the Tang Tomb, it belonged to Fufeng in the Han Dynasty. And in Huiquting, it was found that there were still remains of Tangchi Zengmo. If the research is true, then the Shang capital should be in Beihao."

Su You smiled. Seeing such a smart and thoughtful child, he couldn't help but want to reach out and touch his head. Thinking that he was already twelve years old and would be getting married in two years, he took his hand back: "So Li Daoyuan also said

, 'However, it is rare to see, but it is rare and detailed.'"

"He put forward another hypothesis based on the record in "The Annals of Duke Ning of Qin": 'In the second year, he conquered Tang, and in the third year he fought with Bo, King Bo went to the army, and Tang was destroyed.'

The king's name was Tang, which was later destroyed by Qin. It was a small country among Xirong."

"So according to ancient records and factual evidence, the Shang capital before the Yin Ruins was supposed to be Nanhao, while Beihao was actually a Xirong country called Tang."

"But is Li Daoyuan definitely correct? This is also his guess."

"There is even a possibility that the Yin and Shang Dynasties once had many old capitals. The small country of Xirong that Li Daoyuan inferred may also be one of the old capitals of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, or it may be the location of the tomb of the King of Shang."

"Sima Qian also said that before Pan Geng, the Shang capital 'was moved five times and had no fixed place'."

"But whether it was five movements with no fixed location, or several capitals before and after, all of this needs to be left to contemporary scholars for further research."

"Now we have made the first discovery, which is through the oracle bones, we know that the Yin Shang Dynasty had grand divination rituals. Correspondingly, there should definitely be grand funerals."

"Therefore, Liu Xiangyan's statement that there is no burial place in Yin Tang is worthy of serious doubts."

"More importantly, this also provides us with another idea and method of verifying history, which is to verify history through physical objects such as gold and stone cultural relics."

"This knowledge, which Neo-Confucianism calls 'archaeology,' plays a very important role in restoring the original appearance of ancient national rituals and music."

Han Jiayan nodded fiercely: "Well, let's go find the real Yin Xu and Shang!"

Su You laughed loudly: "That is a huge project, don't expect to achieve the goal in one step."

Regarding the smart and enlightened children, Su You couldn't help but want to say a few words: "It's a good thing to like learning, and it's even better to be good at thinking, but thinking is not random thinking, but a way."

"For example, the arguments collected in the "Shui Jing Zhu" you just quoted, Jiao Juyun said: Shang Tang has the destiny of Jing Bo. Kan Peng said: Tangdu also. Bo is the ruins of Emperor Ku."

"Can we understand it this way? When Emperor Ku established the Shang Dynasty, the capital was in Bo; when Shang and Tang moved the capital, it was Jingbo's order. This was the later capital and was called Jingbo; and Xiangzhou was just the capital of the Shang Dynasty.

It’s just one of the capital relocations.”

Han Jiayan was inexplicably surprised: "Does Shaobao know where the other capitals of the Shang Dynasty are?"

Su You looked at Han Chunyan: "You think about the "Bamboo Book Chronicles", the Jun family doesn't have it anymore?"

Han Chunyan was surprised and said: "In the second year of Taikang in the Jin Dynasty, people from Ji County found the tomb of King Wei Xiang and obtained seventy-five ancient books. Among them were thirteen chapters of "Bamboo Book Annals", all recorded in ancient texts, and later obtained by the Jin court."

"Xun Xu was supervised by Zhongshu, and He Qiao was ordered by Zhongshu to put the scattered bamboo slips into order, so the "Xunhe Edition" was created."

"At that time, He Qiao believed that the bamboo scrolls began to date from the Yellow Emperor, and perhaps the fragments of bamboo slips recording historical events since the Yellow Emperor were included as appendices."

"Because the bamboo slips were scattered and the characters of the Warring States Period could not be fully read at that time, there was a great controversy."

"During the reign of Emperor Hui of the Jin Dynasty, Secretary Cheng Wei Heng was ordered to examine the bamboo slips to determine the consensus. However, eight princes seized the throne, Yongjia's hair was disordered, and Wei Heng was killed."

"His friend Zuo Zuo wrote Lang Shuxi's continuation of his story, so he made a textual examination of the original bamboo script to record the date, also known as the 'Weishu version'."

"The Yongjia Rebellion led to the loss of the bamboo slips that recorded the year, but the first interpretation and the corrected version were fortunately handed down. Then after the Anshi Rebellion and the Five Dynasties Rebellion, the literature withered away, and the manuscripts of "Chronicle" were scattered and lost.

Even the first explanatory version and the authentic version gradually disappeared."

"But Zhengtang actually has "Annals"? Is it the 'Xunhe version' or the 'Weishu version'? Have you verified its authenticity?"

Su You said: "After many searches, we have now found seven chapters in the Xunhe edition and ten chapters in the Wei Shu edition. The overlapping parts of the two correspond to each other, and the contents are roughly the same."

"The history book covering the Wei Kingdom roughly corresponds to the Spring and Autumn Annals."

"But to prove it is true, another method is used, and a sentence in "Chronicles" - 'In the first year of King Yi, the sky will rise again in Zheng.'"

"Historians of our dynasty, such as Sima Xueshi, Er Liu, Si Tianjian, and the Royal Institute of Technology are collaborating on a large project, which is to infer the precise year of history based on celestial phenomena that have been clearly recorded in history."

"This record says that in the first year of King Yi, a total solar eclipse occurred at dawn in Zhengdi. This has not been recorded in various historical books."

"In the previous examination of Sima Xueshi and Er Liu, in the first year of King Yi's history, Si Tianjian and the Royal Institute of Technology calculated that at 5:48 a.m. on April 21 of the solar calendar that year, an incident did occur in Zhengdi

Total solar eclipse.”

"The celestial phenomena contained in this book are exactly the same as those inferred from textual research. It is basically certain that this book is true."

“The obtained ‘Xunhe edition’ and ‘Weishu edition’ are combined together, although each has its own discontinuities, we can finally get a glimpse of the whole "Bamboo Book"."

Han Chunyan didn't understand astronomy, but he thought this method of proving history was wonderful: "It's really not easy...wait a minute, the astronomy of the Song Dynasty has always been neglected by the Liao Kingdom, but now it has become so sophisticated?"

Su You smiled but did not answer, turned to Han Jiayan and said:

"According to the records in "Chronicles of the Bamboo Book", King Zhongding of Shang Dynasty moved to Xiao from Bo, Hejia moved to Xiang from Xiao, Zuyi moved to Xiang from Xiao, Nangeng moved to Yan from Yan, and Pan Geng moved to Beimeng from Yan. They were called Yin

.”

“The study of science and engineering is a tool to help people think, to help everyone make bold assumptions, make broad doubts, and carefully seek verification.”

"Every time we prove the right or wrong of a doubtful point, we take a small step closer to the truth. When each doubtful point is solved, the veil of truth will be unveiled to us little by little."

"And our education has also been enriched, consolidated and nourished during this step-by-step progress."

Han Jiayan asked respectfully: "Shaobao, can Jiayan take a look at this book?"

Su You smiled and said: "There are some contents in it. I'm afraid you can't accept it now. You can only read it when your thoughts are mature."

Han Jiayan looked at his brother pitifully, with a look of pleading on his face.

Unable to resist Han Jiayan's gaze, Han Chunyan coughed lightly: "Shaobao, what are my young brother's qualifications?"

Su You smiled and said: "Smart and enlightened, he is better than his elder brother."

This evaluation is quite high. Han Chunyan wiped his knees with his hands: "If... Jiayan is ordered to be educated in Shaobao's school... I don't know..."

Su You nodded: "It is indeed what one wishes to raise talented people. It's just that the Han family is well-educated and Su You doesn't dare to invite them without mercy."

Han Chunyan was overjoyed: "In this way, my brother-in-law will be entrusted to Shaobao. If he does anything bad, he will be beaten and scolded!"

Su You smiled and waved his hands: "No, but the dog at home is naughty, and I'm afraid Jiayan, a senior brother, will not be a good candidate... By the way, even if you join my disciple, you still won't be able to read "Bamboo Book Chronicles" for a while.

"
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