"Xijia" and "Xitian" are the two characters "tian" and "jia" in the bronze inscriptions. They are similar, which leads to the mistake of official identification.
I will talk about this later. Compared with the rubbings of Xijia Pan, it is easier to identify.
Through these, Wang Guowei further speculated that "Xi Bo Jifu" is the "Civil and Military Jifu" in "The Book of Songs·Xiaoya·Jiu" and the "Jifu" in "Jifu Banquet".
"Song Gao" and "Hao Min" in "The Book of Songs·Daya" both have the sentence "Ji Fu composed a chant".
"Mao Zhuan" begins with "Yin" in front of the word. Yin is the name of the official position. "Jinben Bamboo Chronicle" also records "Yin Jifu commanded the army to defeat the yang."
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Based on comprehensive literature, it can be seen that Yin Jifu was a famous politician, military strategist and writer at that time.
Yin Jifu was also the main collector of the first collection of poems, the Book of Songs, and his historical position was of great importance.
On April 23, 2009, the tombstone and memorial tablet of Yin Jifu (Xijia), the "ancestor of Chinese poetry", was discovered.
This tombstone has an epitaph engraved on it. It was found at the center of the Songjiagou Reservoir Dam in Songlinya, Qingfeng Town, Shiyanfang County, Beihu. This tombstone was unearthed at the bottom of the dam.
This is the important significance of Xijiapan. It can be compared with this tombstone and can better prove history.
The second important significance is the dating of time.
The inscription on the Xijia plate begins with the year of the king, the phases of the moon, and the three branches of the sun and stems.
Based on "Changshu", Wang Guowei deduced that March Yi Chou was Shuo in the fifth year of King Xuan of Zhou Dynasty, and Geng Yin was the 26th day, which is consistent with the death of the hegemon.
Scholars have always held different opinions on the calculation of the stems and dates of Xijiapan, but the determination of the year and month is basically the same.
In the history of China, there are precise dates from the first year of the Republic of the Western Zhou Dynasty (841 BC). Fourteen years later, King Xuan of Zhou succeeded to the throne.
The "five years" mentioned in Xi Jiapan are 823 BC.
The third is the 猃狁. In the article "A Study of the Guifang Kunyi 烃狁", Wang Guowei proves that the 烃狁, Guifang, Kunyi, Xunzhu, Maowan and 猃狁 actually belong to the same ethnic group, that is, the famous Xiongnu in history.
Since the Yin and Shang Dynasties, they have been given different names by the Chinese region.
The name "烃狁" appeared frequently in documents and bronze inscriptions from King Li to King Xuan, which shows how serious the intrusion was.
And "Chronicles" states, "King Mu conquered the Quanrong in the west and captured five of their kings. Then the king moved the army to Taiyuan."
"In the twenty-seventh year of King Xuan's reign, the king sent troops to attack Taiyuan, but the army failed."
"The Book of Songs" also says: "Thinly cutting down the 玁狁, as far as the Great Plains."
Two Rongs would not appear in one place at the same time in Dayuan. From this, we can see that in the late Western Zhou Dynasty, the 狃狁s were also called Dog Rongs.
The fourth is Diwang. "Xi Jia Pan Postscript" studies the phonology and believes that this place where troops are used is the "Peng Ya" in "Spring and Autumn".
In the Han Dynasty, Peng Ya County was Zuofeng Yi County, located in the northeast of Luoshui.
The Luoshui here is a tributary of the Wei River, located in Western Shaanxi, not Yinluo, Henan.
The 狁狁 invaded the Zhou Dynasty and marched from Luoshui to Jingshui. The defense of the Zhou Dynasty here was in line with the geographical reality.
There is an inscription on the white plate of Guo Jizi that reads, "Be brave to attack the 玁狁 in Luozhiyang", which can also prove that it is Peng Ya.
According to the research of the well-known archaeologist Mr. Hao Benxing, the white plate of Guo Jizi now in the National Museum of China has an inscription of one hundred and eleven crosses, which is in rhyme, and it is also a vessel of King Xuan of the late Western Zhou Dynasty.
The inscription on the plate reads: "Fighting the 玁狁, in the Yang of Luo."
This plate has one hundred and thirty-three characters, and the inscription reads: "In the early days of the king's reign, each of them attacked the enemy with his harpoon, and came to follow the king in armor."
The 玁狁 people are a minority in the northwest of the Zhou Dynasty. During the Spring and Autumn Period, they were forced to move to the Yinluo area under the pursuit of the Qin and Jin Dynasties.
Of course, Duoyou Ding, Bugui, and Tuoding of Yi and Xuan Dynasties all mentioned fighting against the 玁狁.
When Xi Jia Pan recorded this incident, he further enriched the physical evidence.
From this aspect, it has extremely important historical value.
Interestingly, this Guojizi white plate also experienced ups and downs after it was unearthed in Baoji during the Qing Dynasty. It was even used as a horse trough to feed horses.
In fact, this kind of large square plate is definitely not used for bathing, but a kind of "stele" inscribed with martial arts achievements.
Mozi called it "book of bamboo and silk, carved plate and bowl". Its bottom is relatively flat and has a large area. Important inscriptions and events can be engraved on it and can be permanently preserved in the ancestral temple.
Therefore, the precious value of Xijiapan is highlighted in the inscription. Mr. Hao Benxing believes that its historical data can be compared with an article in "Shangshu".
The inscription on Xijiapan is combined with what is recorded in "Jinbenzhu Chronicles": "In the summer and June of the fifth year of King Xuan, Yin Jifu led his army to attack the eagles and reached Taiyuan."
"The Book of Songs·Xiaoya·Jiu" says, "I am in a hurry. The king is going out to fight to restore the kingdom."
"The bandit Ru, settled in Jiaohuo. They invaded Haoji Fang and even reached Jingyang."
"Thinly cutting down the 玁狁, as far as the great plains are concerned. With good civil and military support, the constitution of all nations will be established."
Confirmation and supplementation can roughly restore the war-torn scenes of that year.
In March of the fifth year of King Xuan's reign, 玁狁 invaded the Zhou Dynasty, and a war broke out between the two sides.
Xijia followed King Xuan in his own expedition and won, and was immediately sent to Chengzhou.
There, Xi Jia strictly enacted political orders, controlled the princes, put pressure on the Southern Huaiyi people, and collected a large amount of manpower and material resources needed for the war.
In June, Xi Jia led his army to go on another expedition and returned with a great victory, temporarily quelling the dynasty's northwest frontier troubles.
King Xuan reigned for forty-five years. He made great use of the virtuous, repeated the national strength, conquered the south and the north, and brought the princes to court. He was the master of the resurgence of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
However, the legendary Xi Jiapan has become a clear proof of a prosperous era.
Mr. Hao Benxing specifically mentioned in his textual research article that another artifact from the Xuan Dynasty was the Ju Fu Yu unearthed from the Zhou Dynasty site in Wugong County, Western Shaanxi in 1974.
It is recorded that when the father of Nanzhong State ordered Ju's father to go to Nanhuai to collect tribute from the barbarians, he should be careful with the barbarian customs and "offer tributes."
The tribute there was silk fabrics, indicating that the royal family and nobles of the Western Zhou Dynasty collected silk fabrics from the Huanghuai area.
Therefore, in the late Western Zhou Dynasty, it was also a "Silk Road" from the Huanghuai area to the Western Shaanxi Zongzhou Dynasty.
It can be seen from this that Xijiapan is a witness to the political and economic exchanges and integration between the Western Zhou Dynasty and various ethnic groups in the East.
Xijiapan can also be called an art treasure of the “One Belt, One Road” concept.
After fully understanding the "secret of inheritance" and "interpretation of the historical value of the inscription" of Xi Jia Pan, I believe that many people have a good understanding of the unique importance of Xi Jia Pan.
So to summarize, the main contents of Xijiapan are very clear.
The 133-character inscription on the vessel records the history of King Xuan of the Western Zhou Dynasty in the Central Dynasty, and records a rising great ancient civilization from multiple perspectives: political stability, social system, and economic development.
Since the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, there have been more than a hundred writings confirmed by the research and confirmation of epigraphy masters from the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
Therefore, the Xijia Pan is known to be the bronze with the largest number of inscriptions, the most published works, the highest grade, and the heaviest weight in the domestic auction market.
First of all, the level of the characters involved is unprecedented.
For example, King Xuan of Zhou, who was the penultimate king of the Western Zhou Dynasty, ushered in the prosperous era of the "Resurgence of the Western Zhou Dynasty".
The treasure of the National Museum "Guo Jizi Baipan" was inscribed by King Xuan of Zhou Dynasty, and it was seven years later than Xi Jiapan.