Chapter 1,478: One emperor through the ages, unifying Chinese writing
Speaking of bronze ware, from the perspective of the beautiful production and corrosion resistance of the artifacts, ancient Chinese bronze ware obviously degenerated and fell behind in the late Shang Dynasty and after the Zhou Dynasty.
This shows that the truly best bronze-making technology and raw materials were indeed mastered by the imperial family of the Xia Dynasty and the Shang kings before they moved to the Central Plains.
Later, the raw materials of the Shang and Zhou dynasties were all produced locally in the Eastern Continent, and their ingredients were absolutely different.
The demise of Xia was also related to its sacrificial culture. It was extravagant and extravagant in making extremely expensive bronzes and national utensils, and soliciting sacrifices from the princely states. It eventually turned into a tyrant group that was angry with both humans and gods. Only then was Shang Tang to destroy the ancestral style.
In the name of the enemy, he united with the princes to defeat him.
Here is another historical point. Although Xia Jie was cruel, he was not cruel enough to overthrow the Xia Dynasty without fear of life and death.
The comrades who really tried their best to overthrow the Xia Dynasty were because they were extravagant and lustful, and they raided the princely states too ruthlessly.
No one else can survive, so why not rebel?
A lot of history is hidden in the inscriptions on the bell and tripod.
And how do our writers, archaeologists, oracle bone inscription experts, bronze inscription experts and other experts in the world interpret these natural talismans?
There are different opinions and countless versions!
For example, on the Shang Zun that Chen Wenzhe saw at this time, it is not difficult to interpret the inscription as a whole.
Chen Wenzhe could tell it after looking at it for a while.
Because he was able to translate these few inscriptions.
It's not that Chen Wenzhe is so powerful, but the words in it seem to have been seen in other places.
It's just that the author who translated these inscriptions doesn't seem to be very rigorous!
This inscription should be: 鹹! In the fifth year of the bird, Hou Cai pecked the emperor. Si Meng sprouted, and Zhan Hou sprouted, and he moved to He He Shang. It was used to kill evil, and he gave out treasures to honor the Yi. He established ghosts and gods.
To use the translation of other experts, it is: Hey, Bird Star, the constellation of the Five Emperors first appears, waiting for the first birth of the Nangong Emperor Zhu among the vegetation.
In spring, the soil moisture of the priest begins to germinate, waiting for the buds to germinate, and penetrates into the soil of the field to estimate the yang energy.
Use it as a priest seed to germinate and give birth to Nangong Baozunyi.
Set up ghosts and gods!
Most people can't understand it and can't read it smoothly.
Of course, Chen Wenzhe is also a half-dabbler, and he can't read well either.
However, he is very knowledgeable, so he knows that this is how the experts explain it.
However, the thorn in this explanation is very spiritual.
This is not Chen Wenzhe's explanation, because there are similar inscriptions on other bronze vessels.
It's not exactly the same, but some of the words and sentences are similar.
At that time, there were domestic language experts who explained it this way.
For example: Yizi He Feng Shang can be interpreted as: piercing the soil inside the field to estimate the Yang Qi.
As long as we know that sacrifice is a major event that ancient emperors personally participated in, what a grand social event it is?
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguoyuedu to read and catch up on books recently. I can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. Yeguoyuedu is available for Android and Apple.]
How could there be any thorns in this kind of activity?
What are you using to stab the ground?
What advanced tools can detect Yang Qi underground?
I felt that this explanation was wrong, and Chen Wenzhe was helpless.
With such a level of translation, are you still an expert in ancient writing?
No wonder Westerners refuse to admit that China has a civilization history of more than three thousand years. Even you Chinese people cannot convince yourselves!
"The Book of Rites of Dadai: Three Books of Rites" says: "There are three books of Rites: Heaven and Earth, the foundation of nature; Ancestors, the foundation of species; Kings and teachers, the foundation of governance. How could there be life without heaven and earth? How could there be no ancestors? How can we govern without a ruler and a master? All three will perish, and there will be no peace for the people. Therefore, etiquette serves heaven above and serves the earth below. The ancestors of the clan first favored the ruler and master. These are the three foundations of etiquette."
Is there any breakthrough in analyzing the sacrificial content of bronze inscriptions from the perspective of the Three Books of Rites?
Light up this national treasure and see what it wants to say to us three thousand years later!
Chen Wenzhe does not understand Oracle bone inscriptions, he can only read pictures and read.
Look at the calligraphy left by our great ancestors, they all look like graphics with some kind of meaning.
Ying Zheng, the one emperor through the ages, and Li Si, the one prime minister through the ages, more than 2,200 years ago, must have understood.
Otherwise, they would not be able to unify Chinese characters and leave behind the extremely beautiful seal script fonts.
But today's national treasure experts, with their extremely advanced Internet system, are rambling together their results and Chinese characters into a stiff pidgin.
Oracle bone inscriptions and bronze inscriptions should be based on pictograms and understanding.
Many of them are graphic words and combination words, and the meaning of one word cannot be represented by a single word.
Some words should be split into two or more words to accurately reflect the original meaning.
Some characters may have variations in structure and stroke shape due to different people who wrote and inscribed them, different regions, and different times.
It may also cause characters of the same shape to have different meanings and pronunciations on different occasions.
There may also be slight changes in the structure, the meaning of the strokes, and the pronunciation.
This is the charm of our Chinese characters. This is why Westerners often confuse Chinese characters with various elements.
When we interpret these symbols and identify these characters, we must look for ancient books.
You cannot use your current ideas and apply them mechanically.
The original meaning is the most difficult to read ancient characters. Fortunately, our minds have evolved, although the ancients were also quite wise!
Don’t say anything else, just say one word: 鹹.
This word was very interesting in ancient times, but we modern people think it means wei or wei.
However, during the Shang Dynasty, this word was the starting modal particle of bronze inscriptions.
However, it is even more performed by Xuanniao Shengshang.
The appearance of this word means that this is a Shang utensil and a national utensil.
The black bird here is the national bird of Shang, that is, the black bird that descended and gave birth to Shang.
In ancient times, thousands of Chinese vassal states were designated as national birds.
Shang's so-called black bird should be a stork and a gray stork, which are birds commonly found in the northern part of the Asian continent.
The ancestor of the Shang Dynasty, Nuwa, probably picked up the eggs of the gray stork and became pregnant immediately;
The national bird of Zhou is the swallow, and the national bird of Xia is the eagle or owl.
The one in Sanxingdui is the flamingo with a curved beak, from India, West Asia and Africa;
The later Qin State was also a swallow, and its color was still black.
"Boss!" Chen Wenzhe, who was looking at the Hui Shuo scene and studying the inscriptions, was awakened.
At this time, Chen Wenzhe felt a little regretful and helpless. Now he really had the idea of studying Zhong Ding Wen and Oracle Bone Inscriptions.
He felt that it would be very interesting to study hieroglyphics and understand the history of ancient people through archeology.
If he could combine what he recalled, he might be able to uncover many historical mysteries.
"Boss, if you really like this kind of stele, I have several more on my phone, and one of them seems to be the stele of King Yu!"
Just when Chen Xingchen was about to say something, Li Tianqiang struck first again.
"Monument of King Yu?" Chen Wenzhe came back to his senses completely and asked, stroking the stone slab in his hand.
"Yes, it's a stone tablet, but I'm not sure if it's the real Monument of King Yu, because the Monument of King Yu is so famous. The one we found is the second one, so we can't be sure that it's not a forgery."