"If there are mourners, the coffin will be heavy, the burial will be thick, the clothes will be many, the embroidery will be complicated, and the hills will be huge." - "Mozi"
The Mo family opposes waste, opposes thick burial, and advocates "frugal burial", Mozi believes that after the death of people, there are so many gold pearls and jade objects, gorgeous clothes and beautiful clothes, there is no use at all, and the manpower and material resources consumed will cause a burden to the country. But we know that Mojia thought is not as valued as Confucianism in history, Confucianism flourished in the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty people paid attention to death as if they were life, and the princes and nobles liked thick burials.
Emperor Wen of Han died in 157 BC, and he asked for a thin burial. But his leading role is very small, the nobles of the Han Dynasty are often still keen on thick burial, after the tomb of Liu He, the Marquis of Haixia, was discovered, and the excavated gold cakes, jade cups, and more than 10 tons of copper coins shocked the world. A thick burial looks very beautiful, but what is the disadvantage of a thick burial?
The answer is that it will attract grave robbers. A big reason why Emperor Wen of Han wanted to be buried thinly was that many of the royal tombs in the late Qin and early Han dynasties were patronized by tomb robbers, and the destruction was completely out of shape, and it was truly "harvested with precious jade, such as the original plains of juju". This phenomenon has not disappeared in modern society, and modern tomb robbers are bolder and more versatile than the ancient ones.
"Luoyang shovel", is a lot of tomb robbery theme novel lovers are familiar with the tool, but in this line known as "grandmaster" Yao Yuzhong, but not satisfied with the existing tools, over the years, he uses his own experience to innovate, whether tools or methods are more advanced than others, so through the tomb robbery windfall, won the envy and pursuit of countless "little brothers", and even earned hundreds of millions of yuan by excavation.
Why is Yao Yuzhong called "Grandmaster"? This has to start from his experience as a child. Yao Yuzhong was born in a "tomb robber family", his father was looking at feng shui to find a cave for a career, it is conceivable that Yao Yuzhong will also be affected, his father will go to the wild to step on the place to see the place will often take this eldest son with him, teach him some basic skills.
Coincidentally, Yao Yuzhong's hometown is in Ningcheng County, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia, "Chifeng Hongshan Culture" and the Central Plains Yangshao Culture are basically the same period, the age is long, about 4000 BC ~ 3000 BC, the ancestors lived in this land, but also left a large number of cultural relics, people at that time have been able to make faience and jade carving, the famous "world's first dragon" is the representative of Hongshan culture jade.
After thousands of years, these cultural relics are still intact, their historical, humanistic and artistic value is immeasurable, the dawn of Chinese civilization 5,000 years ago is incomparably sacred in the hearts of the Chinese people, but for Yao Yuzhong, who grew up here, the most precious historical and cultural sites are just the treasures in his heart.
After the death of his father, Yao Yuzhong still did not give up, all said "from frugality into luxury, from luxury into thrifty", only primary school culture he did not want to make money through normal work, from the first time in the ground to dig out treasures sold a lot of money to squander enjoyment, Yao Yuzhong was infatuated with this feeling, he was not satisfied with a small excavation, decided to make the "cause" bigger.
To this end, Yao Yuzhong made up for cultural knowledge, often holding some professional archaeologists published papers to see, not for anything else, just to better understand the value of cultural relics. He expanded the gang step by step, with his personnel looking around for ancient tombs and cultural sites, with the progress of the times, the tools of Yao Yuzhong's gang are becoming more and more advanced, what three-dimensional stereoscopic imager has, he even made a kind of "zazi" on the basis of the Luoyang shovel!
It is understood that after this tool is rooted in the soil and pulled out, it can be judged whether there is an ancient tomb under the ground according to the color of the soil. Relying on advanced tools and years of experience, Yao Yuzhong dug countless ancient tombs, excavated a large number of cultural sites, and his wallet was stuffed to the full, and he was a gambling addict, who always mortgaged the cultural relics in hand.
At the beginning of 2014, he gave 10 precious Pieces of Hongshan Jade to others and exchanged them for 300,000 to enjoy. At the end of the year, he sent someone to kidnap the owner of an antique shop and threaten him to hand over the key in order to loot the Hongshan jade in the shop, and this time Yao Yuzhong took away as many as 11 pieces of jade, which shows that this so-called "grandfather" is not only greedy but also bold, he seems to have forgotten the existence of the law.
Although Yao Yuzhong is known as the first master in the industry, he is an absolute criminal for the protection of cultural relics in China, and has made countless efforts to arrest the police for this "grandfather", and finally found his traces in 2014. According to the investigation, Yao Yuzhong had visited at least 16 ancient tombs and 11 ancient cultural sites before he was arrested, and the value of the stolen cultural relics exceeded 500 million yuan.
And even if he was arrested, Yao Yuzhong still did not change his arrogant nature, after trying to commit suicide failed, he threatened at trial that 10 archaeologists could not compare with his own skills, if not blocked, he could find the entrance to the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang and empty the Qin Tomb.
Such an arrogant "grandfather" can also be regarded as an "eye-opening" for everyone, he has indeed been blinded by interests, not to mention the awareness of cultural relics protection, even low-key people do not understand. According to Article 64 of the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Cultural Relics, "those who steal ancient cultural sites and tombs" and "resell cultural relics prohibited by the state for the purpose of making profits" will be investigated for criminal liability in accordance with law.
What awaited Yao Yuzhong was naturally severely punished by the law, because he had committed a number of major crimes such as excavating ancient cultural sites and reselling cultural relics, Yao Yuzhong was sentenced to death, and his gang members were punished accordingly. As many as 2,063 cultural relics were recovered in this case alone.
A rich life is desired by everyone. However, as the old saying goes, a gentleman who loves wealth should have a way, cultural relics are not only the spiritual wealth of the nation, but also the cultural treasures of the country, relying on cultural relics to satisfy their own selfish desires, not only for the law, the moral level will also be condemned, in the end it is just an empty.