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Chapter 1001 Rare Treasures
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When he uncovered the thick silk cushions that separated the jewelry layer by layer, there was a jade in the middle made entirely of Hetian white jade, two meters long, 40 centimeters high, and 80 centimeters wide, with three lions engraved on the surface.
The coffin appeared in front of Liu Dong!
Although the contents inside could not be seen clearly with the naked eye, through the light of the relics, everything in the jade coffin was invisible to him.
I don’t know if jade really has the function of preserving freshness. In this jade coffin, which is completely carved from a single piece of jade and sealed with unknown materials, the body has not completely decomposed, and the body of the deceased can even be vaguely seen.
However, there was a lot of inexplicable black liquid in it. Liu Dong, who was wary, did not open the jade coffin!
In addition to the jade coffin, inside the gilt copper coffin there are four spaces separated by four coffin boards, upper, lower, left and right!
Liu Dong first looked at the space on the left side of the coffin board. The space was not too big, about two meters long and nearly thirty centimeters wide!
There are not many things stored in it, and it looks like there are only two items!
One of them is a spear wrapped in Rouran silk. Strictly speaking, this spear with a length of about 190 centimeters is considered short, except that it is about 30 centimeters long, and it still shines brightly after more than a thousand years.
Outside of the spear tip, which is as sharp as ever, the mouth and tail are in the shape of a pure gold tiger. There are also exquisite patterns engraved on the black spear.
And because of Liu Dong's relic Yuanguang, the flag banner originally tied to the spear has not completely decayed. Although it is slightly old, the flag on the black background, which is nearly 150 centimeters long and 60 centimeters wide, has three figures with arrogant teeth and claws.
The golden lion pattern is still clearly visible!
If Liu Dong's guess is correct, this flag should be the military flag or national flag of the ancient Kangju Kingdom!
This kind of thing that can become a national symbol must be a national treasure without a doubt!
But this flag is not the only one. Another thing is obviously more precious than it. Because it is a common 'scepter' in Western countries that represents kingship or imperial power, or even papal power.
The scepter is an instrument that symbolizes kingship and imperial authority. In China, its status is equivalent to a jade seal! It is usually made of precious metals such as gold, silver, and copper.
For example, the piece Liu Dong is holding in his hand at the moment is nearly 180 centimeters in length. It is made entirely of gold. The squatting top is entirely made of the finest Hotan mutton-fat topaz. This is the first time Liu Dong has seen this kind of the finest mutton-fat grade.
Hotan topaz has an extremely fine texture, and even after a thousand years, Liu Dong still feels the texture is extremely warm when he touches it.
A whole piece of top-grade mutton-fat topaz, about the size of two adult fists, was carved into a three-headed lion jade sculpture and set on the top of the golden scepter.
Probably also to protect this golden lion jade sculpture, it looks like a Buddhist Zen staff on the outside. It is hooped in the center with three curved gold bars engraved with lotus petals.
Three gold hoops intersected to form a thumb-sized circle two centimeters above the lion's head, and then a pyramid-like red diamond weighing about 50 carats was inlaid on it.
On the scepter under the base of the three topaz lions is a lotus-shaped relief. There are three such reliefs. At a glance, it looks like three blooming lotuses stacked together, which is very beautiful.
On the body of the scepter, which is about 150 centimeters long, there is a lion-headed figure engraved. A statue with three heads and six arms, a green face and fangs, riding a tiger. Obviously, these should be the three gods believed by the Kangju people.
Liu Dong had no way of knowing the specific identities and origins of these three gods, but what he was more concerned about now was that the presence of these three gods' patterns obviously made the value of the scepter higher.
With an excited expression and a look of cherishment in his eyes, Liu Dong carefully inspected the golden lion scepter inch by inch. He thought that now that he has entered the collecting business, he would have many treasures in his hands, but the scepter he has collected so far is...
There are only two of them!
Except for the last time he was in Myanmar, where he obtained a golden scepter from the King of Myanmar from a temperature-resistant treasure, this was the second time he obtained a golden scepter representing royal power.
And compared to the Burmese King's scepter, this scepter representing the ancient country in the Western Regions that mysteriously disappeared 1,600 years ago is obviously more valuable.
After Liu Dong couldn't put it down, he played with it for a while before focusing on the space separated by the coffin boards on the right!
Compared to the left side where the golden scepter and the king's flag, representing the royal power of the ancient Kangju Kingdom, are hidden, although the space on the right side is the same size, there are more things in it, but the value is undoubtedly much different!
After digging for a while, two golden scimitars and a golden bow appeared in front of Liu Dong. However, the bow strings had become damaged due to the decay of the bow strings, which caused defects in this gorgeous weapon!
In addition to weapons, there are also gold plates with a diameter of more than 40 centimeters inlaid with gems; silver pots and silver cups with embossed images of characters from the Western Regions; and there are also silver bottles clearly engraved with the images of the three goddesses in Greek mythology! and a piece of jewelry.
A golden statue of Zeus about 60 centimeters high!
In addition, there is a Cuojin Boshan furnace with obvious Han Dynasty characteristics and embossed images of various exotic animals!
Although Liu Dong was not shocked when he saw these cultural relics with obvious characteristics of Eastern and Western cultures appearing in the coffin where King Kangju kept his beloved things, he was a little surprised!
Kangju, located at the center of the Silk Road, is a bridge for cultural exchanges between the East and the West. It is quite normal for cultural relics from the Han Dynasty and the Greco-Roman period to appear in the royal tombs of Kangju!
"Is this a jade tablet book? It's great. I like this kind of thing with written heritage!"
When Liu Dong turned his attention to the 150 cm long and 45 cm wide coffin space at the top of the jade coffin, he opened the lacquer box that was originally beautifully packaged but now obviously decayed. It was 20 cm long and 10 cm wide, and each page was about 20 cm thick.
A jade board book measuring more than 3 centimeters appeared in front of Liu Dong!
These jade tablets, polished with Hetian white jade, are engraved with about one hundred and ninety-eight ancient official scripts from right to left, top to bottom, in full accordance with the ancient Chinese writing style!
That's right, it's the ancient official script from the early Han Dynasty, not the ancient Lu script that spread in Central Asia!
Turning it over, I saw another three ancient official script characters - "Han Feizi"!
"Han Feizi" is a collection of works by the famous thinker and legalist Han Fei during the Warring States Period. This outstanding thinker, philosopher and essayist at the end of the Warring States Period is known as one of the two people who best understand the essence of Laozi's thought!
Han Feizi combined Shang Yang's "Dharma", Shen Buhai's "Shu" and Shen Dao's "Shi" into one, and was the master of Legalist thought; Han Feizi integrated Laozi's dialectics, simple materialism and law. Han Feizi
He is the son of King Han, a student of Xunzi, and a classmate of Li Si. He is the author of the book "Han Feizi", with a total of fifty-five articles and more than 100,000 words. He is unique among the prose of pre-Qin scholars, showing that Han Fei attaches great importance to materialism and utilitarianism.
Thoughts, actively advocate the theory of monarchism, with the purpose of providing the monarch with the idea of enriching the country and strengthening the army.
Of course, like many famous works from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Legalist classic "Han Feizi" was not written by Han Fei himself, but was edited by later generations after Han Fei's death!
Liu Dong looked at this jade plate engraved with "Han Feizi" and was extremely happy!
The earliest "Han Feizi" handed down today is only a photocopy from the Ming and Qing Dynasties. Now the jade engraving in his hand has directly pushed the time forward by more than a thousand years!
It is completely incomparable in terms of preciousness!
What's more important is that in addition to about 200 pages of "Han Feizi" engraved in ancient official script, there are also annotations on "Han Feizi" in ancient Luwen!
In addition to the Legalist classic "Han Feizi", Liu Dong also discovered here the famous Chinese military classic "The Art of War", which has been passed down through the ages. Unfortunately, it is incomplete. Among the thirteen chapters, the "Army Form Chapter" and "March Chapter" are missing.
There are only nine chapters left in the "Nine Lands Chapter" and "Fire Attack Chapter". I don't know if I missed it or I only got nine chapters from the beginning!
Liu Dong estimated that it was probably the latter. In ancient times, the popularity of knowledge was not as popular as it is now. Any military book is a real heirloom, because with these books, there is an opportunity to gain advancement through knowledge!
Originally Liu Dong felt regretful because "Sun Tzu's Art of War" was incomplete, but after he read the ancient text of "Sun Tzu's Art of War" and picked up the first page of the jade tablet book in another box,
, when I saw the three words on the cover, I was stunned!
After a long time, he said with a trembling voice: ""Qi Sunzi"! Oh my God, I absolutely must read it in its entirety!"
For this reason, Liu Dong even prayed silently in his heart!
Anyone who knows ancient Chinese culture knows that "Sun Tzu of Qi", also commonly known as "Sun Bin's Art of War", was lost after the Tang Dynasty! So much so that during the Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties, people thought "Sun Tzu of Qi" was "Sun Tzu's Art of War" until 1972
In that year, a large number of bamboo slips were unearthed from the Han tombs in Yinqueshan, Shandong Province, and this eternal mystery was solved!
The art of war lost for thousands of years by Sun Bin, the master of war, has been brought to the world, but it is a pity that the fifteenth chapter of "Qi Sunzi" includes "Capturing Pang Juan", "Seeing the King of Power", "The King of Power Asks" and "Chen Ji Asks the Base" etc.
It can be classified as "Sun Bin's Art of War".
However, the second part cannot be determined to be a work on military affairs written by "Sun Tzu of Qi".
However, even if the two chapters are added together, the number of chapters in the bamboo slips is much less than that in the "Yiwenzhi", so it is not a complete version.
You must know that in "Hanshu Yiwenzhi", it is juxtaposed with "Wu Sunzi's Art of War", and "Qi Sunzi" is recorded in eighty-nine chapters and four volumes.
So with a strong sense of expectation, Liu Dong carefully picked up the jade tablet containing "Sun Bin's Art of War" with a trembling hand, for fear of accidentally breaking this cultural treasure that has existed for nearly two thousand years!