my system is not serious The seven hundred and seventy-ninth chapter is a bronze ware with a long inscription, which is equivalent to an article in the 'Shangshu'
The seven hundred and seventy-ninth chapter is a bronze ware with a long inscription, which is equivalent to an article in the 'Shangshu'
During the Republic of China, some scholars believed that "Dayu was a worm" and that he was an ancient myth and not a real historical figure.
Some foreign scholars even doubt the authenticity and reliability of the five thousand years of Chinese civilization history.
But if there was no Dayu, there would be no Xia founded by Xia Qi, the son of Dayu, and there would be no "Huaxia".
The discovery of Xuegong Yu's inscription suddenly brought forward the documentation of Yu the Great's flood control by six to seven hundred years.
This is the earliest and most detailed reliable written record of Dayu known to date.
This national treasure fully demonstrates that as early as 2900 years ago, people were widely praising Yu's achievements.
The concept that Xia is the head of the "Three Dynasties" has been deeply rooted in people's hearts as early as the Western Zhou Dynasty.
After research by experts in modern literature and history, Dayu's flood control was not simply about controlling floods, but in the process of water control, he redivided the nine states.
The division of Kyushu had such a profound impact on China that even in the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty still followed the Kyushu system left by Dayu.
"Jiuzhou" is an important geographical change in the development of ancient Chinese civilization, and this change was initiated by Dayu during his flood control process.
The appearance of Xian Gongyu not only proves that Dayu's flood control is no longer a legend, but also records the record of Dayu's flood control at least six to seven hundred years earlier.
It's a pity that no one knows where the Xian Gonggu came from and how it was lost overseas.
In modern times, our national treasures and cultural relics have been lost overseas like floods.
For example, the oracle bone inscriptions in Xiaotun Village of Yang'an, the scroll murals of Mogao Grottoes in Huangdun, the tombs of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty kings in Yangluojin Village...
According to incomplete statistics, there are more than 200 museums in 47 countries around the world that have collections of Chinese cultural relics.
There are countless Chinese cultural relics lost overseas, and this does not include those private collections that have never seen the light of day!
Looking back on the past few years, the Old Summer Palace has returned to its former glory, and British cultural relics have been lost and returned to China.
As well as national treasure-level cultural relics such as "Yongle Ceremony" and "Five Kings Returning Drunk" sold at auctions around the world by Chinese collectors.
This makes people hope that those national treasures lost all over the world will eventually return to their homeland.
"This treasure is a bit too hot for us to keep in our hands!"
After reading the information for a while, Li Jinli finally understood what the appearance of this bronze vessel meant.
"Yeah!" Chen Wenzhe said a little depressed.
Now he just cleaned up the patina on the outside a little, and realized that although this bronze vessel looks similar to the Xian Gongyu, the inscriptions recorded inside should be completely different.
It is not easy to study clearly what the inscriptions here say.
The national treasure of Xiangongyu was accidentally discovered by experts from the Poly Art Museum in the spring of 2002 in the overseas cultural relics market.
At that time, its cover had been lost, leaving only the body, which was mostly covered by rust. The exposed part of the inscription had ancient words and difficult to interpret.
Later, after more than two months of research and appraisal by dozens of experts, it was concluded that this was a bronze ritual vessel made by a certain generation of kings and dukes of the country in the middle of the Western Zhou Dynasty.
This country is the "Sui Kingdom", which is a country established by the descendants of Shun, one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors in ancient Chinese history legends.
The 98-character long inscription cast on it begins with: "Heaven ordered Yu to spread the soil, follow (fall) the mountains, and dredge the rivers...".
These inscriptions record that Dayu used the method of flattening some hills, blocking floods and diverting rivers to control floods, and delimited Kyushu, and also stipulated tributes according to different land conditions in various places.
The inscription also explains virtue and virtuous government in large paragraphs, and teaches the people to behave virtuously.
The ancients said: A piece of bronze with a long inscription is worth an article in "Shang Shu".
It is talking about discovering a long bronze inscription, which is like discovering an ancient document as important as "Shang Shu".
The inscription on that artifact is not only long, but also completely different from the bronze inscriptions on names and chronicles found in the past. It can be called a piece of prose in the nature of a political commentary.
Its style and format are unprecedented and unique, and its content is extremely important.
Also, the wording and style of the inscription on that national treasure are very close to the existing ancient documents such as "Shangshu".
Its discovery is also of great value in exploring the origins of ancient Chinese books.
This is what gives Chen Wenzhe a headache. The higher the value, the less selfish he can be.
Of course, if he really wants to study it, it is not impossible to understand the inscription on this treasure and the meaning of its contents.
Standing on the shoulders of his predecessors, he can still do it, but it will take a lot of energy.
And if you don't want to do this, ask others for help.
In this way, this thing cannot be hidden.
For such a valuable treasure, as long as someone knows about it, it will definitely cause trouble.
"It still needs to be brought back to life!"
Soon, Chen Wenzhe made a decision. He should not be too selfish, because this could determine history and was very important for the work of chronologically dating the three generations of Xia, Shang and Zhou.
Having already planned to be exposed, Chen Wenzhe no longer hesitates.
Today's harvest was not small, and he also wanted to see what was recorded in this cup, so he went directly back to the copper factory in the development zone.
There are many suitable tools here that will be helpful in repairing this bronze.
Therefore, in the next few days, Chen Wenzhe carefully performed sheet metal work on it.
The general shape of the device has been restored, and the next step is to remove the rust!
The bronzes excavated by archaeologists have been buried underground for a long time. After thousands of years of water immersion and soil burial, the bronze itself will inevitably undergo qualitative changes, causing the metal to transform from an elemental state into a compound state, forming patina.
Due to differences in copper quality and water and soil conditions, the rust color ranges from red, green, blue, black, purple, gray and other various colors, forming a unique solemn and simple beauty of ancient bronzes.
The rust layer of ancient bronzes is extremely complex and has many layers. Some rusts cover up the patterns or inscriptions on the bronzes, and even cause the objects to deform and lose their original appearance.
Therefore, removing harmful rust is one of the important tasks in the protection of bronzes.
The method commonly used in the past to remove rust from bronzes was to use a carving knife, chisel, hammer, chisel, etc. to hammer and remove the rust.
When hammering, the position must be accurate and the force must be appropriate.
Although this method is simple, it can easily damage the original object, especially the inscriptions and decorations.
Therefore, it must be removed carefully and brushed clean.
This is rust that is easy to deal with, and it is also good rust. Where there is good rust, there is also bad rust.
Nowadays, rust removal has become an essential thing.
Because as time went by, after the rust on the outside of the bronze vessel that blocked the inscription was removed, Chen Wenzhe discovered that the green powdery rust inside was really not good rust.
Previously, he only saw some green powder, which was not serious, but now he is sure that it is harmful rust.
If this is really harmful to rust, then this bronze will definitely be destroyed if it is not protected.