Don’t persuade others to be kind without going through their suffering!
No matter what the stall owner's reasons were for his unwillingness to donate these bronzes, it was none of Chen Wenzhe's business.
Just when Chen Wenzhe was about to take a closer look at the items and negotiate the price, the boss actually did not move out of the way.
"I came here because of Boss Chen's reputation. Mainly because our family has been harassed enough in recent years and we no longer want to keep these treasures, so we want to sell them."
Seeing the helpless look of the boss, Chen Wenzhe was stunned for a moment. A group of people? Is this a big tree that attracts trouble?
"Boss Chen, have you ever heard of Hejia Village in Qishan? Since you know this palette, you should know this place. A hundred years ago, many people in our village died for an ancient tomb, including more than a dozen members of our family. Later,
In the 1960s and 1970s, more than a dozen people died. Too many people died for these treasures."
"Don't worry, as long as it's real, just tell me how much you want!" Chen Wenzhe said straightforwardly.
The country must know about such a famous group of treasures. As long as they are in Eucalyptus, there will be no problem for him to buy them.
Chen Wenzhe knew about Hejia Village in Qishan and also knew that there were a group of ancient tombs there.
But he really didn't know that an ancient tomb was discovered there a hundred years ago.
A hundred years ago, before the country was established, it must have been an era of war.
The fact that they were able to preserve the bronzes from an ancient tomb was a great achievement in itself, so it’s no wonder that the country didn’t forcefully seize these treasures.
"Holy crap, is this Xiji Gui?"
Although he knew that this was a batch of treasures, Chen Wenzhe was still shocked after seeing the bronze gui clearly.
Chen Wenzhe had thought before that a tomb of a Western Zhou noble was excavated in Hejia Village, Qishan.
Among them, artifacts such as Xiji Gui were unearthed, and the owner of the utensil was Xiji.
A total of 21 bronze vessels were unearthed from the tombs here, including 6 round tripods, 2 gui, 2 jue, and one each of square tripod, 斝, azun, ox-shaped zun, 觯, 卣, and dou.
This tomb is one of the tombs with the largest number of bronze vessels unearthed from the Zhouyuan site since 1949.
The east and west are tombs from the early and middle Western Zhou Dynasty, and their funerary objects are very distinctive and of great research significance.
After the publication of this batch of inscribed bronzes and related materials, they attracted great attention from the academic community.
Among them, the one that has attracted the most attention and interest in the academic world is the Xi Ji Gui inscription.
Scholars have discussed and analyzed the interpretation and sentence fragments of the inscription from different angles, and have done a lot of research on the era and historical facts involved in the bronze inscription.
Its achievements are certainly certain, but there are still some conflicting and inconsistent views that require further discussion.
In particular, Xi Ji was granted the title of Xi clan, which is a special phenomenon mentioned in ancient literature that the Western Zhou Dynasty officials were granted the title of Xi clan.
This point seems not to be of concern to modern people.
Although the academic community has done a lot of research on the historical figures and their inscriptions unearthed from the tomb during the Xiji Gui period, there are still three issues that require further research.
First, the age issues of the Xiji tomb and its major bronzes such as the Xiji Gui;
Second, how to judge the relationship between the Marquis of Han and Naishi mentioned in the Ji Gui inscription.
What roles did Wang Si and Xiji play respectively in the events recorded in the inscription;
Thirdly, there is the issue of when and where the Ji clan was enfeoffed in the past.
Regarding the dating of Ji Gui in the past, there are also some problems.
The third issue has not yet been addressed by anyone in the academic community.
There has been a lot of discussion on the first two issues in the academic community, but due to the different opinions, some discussion and analysis are needed first.
Bronze wares such as the Xiji Gui and the age of the tombs. Regarding the dating of the Xiji Gui, the excavation report believes that the tomb should be from the early to middle Western Zhou Dynasty.
Obviously, the Ji Ji Gui that Chen Wenzhe saw now was no ordinary thing.
However, it is also different from the former Jigui excavated by the country.
If it were someone else, they would definitely think it was a piece of textile, because there cannot be two identical Xiji Gui.
But who gave Chen Wenzhe a super strong memory?
He could tell through a simple distinction that most of the inscriptions on the ancient chicken gui before him were different from the one excavated by the country before.
If there is any similarity, it is the old inscriptions on it.
"Boss Chen can use these photos for identification."
At this moment, the boss gave Chen Wenzhe another photo album.
When I opened it, I found that the bronzes inside were not only the Xijigui, but also the Xijixu.
Looking through the photos one by one, there are so many things in them that if you are not a professional, you really can’t recognize them.
In addition to Xijigui and Xijiyou, there are also Suiyou and Jingyouyi.
There are quite a few 卣, but the decorations are different. The special one is the 卣 in the book.
It is relatively rare, but there are Yuzhengwei Gui and Duan Gui recorded in history.
Through these types of vessels, it should be possible to date these bronze vessels, right?
Previously, the Xiji 卣 unearthed from the Western Zhou Cemetery M11 in Hejia Village, Qishan, was shaped like a 卣 with patterns and decorations, and was used as a book. This allowed archaeological experts to judge that the Xiji 卣 should be a weapon from the Zhao Dynasty.
The shape of the chicken gui in the past is similar to the Yuzhengwei gui and Duan gui, and it should also be a weapon of the Zhao Dynasty.
This leads to the conclusion that some people think that Wang Si is the queen of Cheng, and it is impossible for Wang Si to be active during the reign of King Zhao, so this vessel is designated as a vessel of King Kang.
"Collection of Western Shaanxi Jinwen" (referred to as "Shaanxi Collection") places the ancient Ji Gui and other artifacts in the early part of the middle period, that is, the period of King Mu and King Gong.
Judging from the decorative patterns of the bronze wares such as the Xiji Gui from the Xiji Tomb, the necks and feet of the two Xiji Gui are decorated with thin cloud-patterned bands and separated by convex ribs, which is a decorative feature of the late Western Zhou Dynasty;
However, the shapes and decorations of the ancient chicken 卣, 睘卣, and 睘卣卣 are very similar, and they should be from the early to late Western Zhou Dynasty.
In addition, Wang Si who was seen in Xi Ji Gui also saw Shu Zun and Shu Fang Yi, and the inscriptions on the two artifacts are the same.
All the articles are "Uncle Yi Bei Yu Wang Si, Yong Zha Bao Zun Yi" ("Yinzhou Bronze Inscriptions Collection", hereafter referred to as "Collection").
Wang Shimin and other scholars have dated these two vessels to the period of King Zhao of Zhou, so the former chicken gui should also be dated to the period of King Zhao of Zhou.
From this point of view, if Ji Gui is determined to be the reign of King Kang in the past, it would be a bit earlier;
If it is dated to the time of King Gong, then the era is a bit later, and it should be more appropriate to place it between Zhaomu in the late period of the early Western Zhou Dynasty and the early period of the middle Western Zhou Dynasty.
So what are the historical events described in the Ji Gui inscription? Are they closely related to the identities of the characters and their relationships?
Four characters appear in the Xi Ji Gui inscription: Wang Si, Xi Ji, Nai Si, and Han Hou.
Academic circles have different interpretations of the identities of these four characters. Which generation of Zhou king was Wang Si's concubine? What is the relationship between Naisi and the Marquis of Han? Academic circles have different opinions.
The inscription on Xi Ji Gui says: Wang Si Hu (huh) Xi Ji is a concubine of Han Dynasty, Han Houbin used shells and horses to dare to praise Wang Xiu, and used Zha (for) (reverence) Yi.
Obviously, it is difficult for people to understand what happened that year and restore the true history with such simple records.
However, combined with the inscription on the ancient chicken gui before Chen Wenzhe, things seem to have become simpler.