Tomb robbery is the act of entering the graves of others and committing acts of self-inflicted wounds, and such a social phenomenon has not stopped since ancient times. Regarding the film and television drama of tomb robbery, I believe you have seen a lot, in many plot segments you will find that the more mysterious and noble imperial tombs are always virtual and real, with constant traps and hidden mysteries. Of course, some film and television dramas are deliberately exaggerated for the purpose of program effects, and there is still a gap with the real situation.
However, the tombs of emperors in history are indeed mysterious and full of mysteries, such as Cao Cao's Seventy-two Tombs of Doubt, which is a means to prevent tomb robbers from stealing tombs. Moreover, when Zhu Yuanzhang was buried, he also used many anti-tomb robbery methods, one of which was the simultaneous release of the coffin at the thirteen city gates. Quanzhou folklore has also said that General Shi Lang has a total of 7 "virtual tombs", which are located at the gates of several ancient cities in Quanzhou.
Historically, the burial methods of Cao Cao, Zhu Yuanzhang, and General Shi Lang are collectively called "virtual tombs", which is one of the secret burial methods. The so-called "virtual tomb", in layman's terms, is to create some fake tombs and hide the real burial place of the body, so that people cannot understand the real burial place, so as to achieve the purpose of not being discovered by others.
However, the famous tomb in history must be the tomb of Confucius. In some crazy time, the tomb was opened with detonators and explosives, but, strangely enough, nothing was found inside. They were not willing to dig all the way to the bottom of the tomb, and they did not see any trace of Confucius, except for the loess or loess. Therefore, it is also said that after Confucius's death, his disciples built five virtual tombs for Confucius.
From the historical record, Confucius's five virtual tombs were built on the west side of the tomb and built of stone, of course, this is also to prevent others from stealing.
So why did Confucius do this?
Because, at that time, Confucius's teachings and ideas belonged to one of the hundred families of the sons, not everyone approved of it, and there were many people who opposed him, so it is reasonable to say that the disciples created a false tomb for him. Therefore, from this situation, tomb robbery has become a very common phenomenon in the period of Confucius's life.
Then, in order to prevent more tomb robbery, later people will take some anti-tomb robbery measures when they are buried. The virtual tomb is the most commonly used method. During the Sixteen Kingdoms period after the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the country ruled by Shi Le, the founder of Later Zhao, was the strongest of the Sixteen Kingdoms, so it was also very particular about burial.
After being emperor for more than ten years, after he died of illness one day, he let people take the means of a false tomb to deal with the aftermath, and secretly buried him at night. According to people at the time, more than a dozen coffins were carried from the city at night, most of which were contained in some miscellaneous utensils to confuse others. In fact, before that, when Shi Le buried his mother, he also took the same approach.
For the time, this was indeed a clever means.
Shi Le's funeral was similar to That of Cao Cao, and he was buried in a low-key manner. At the same time as the secret burial, a thin burial was also carried out, and there was no gold and silver jewelry to accompany the burial.
Not only that, but even funerals are simple, and even officials are not allowed to attend, which is also to prevent others from having evil intentions. Later, when Zhu Yuanzhang was buried, he was also not allowed to participate in his own princes and grandchildren. Whether this phenomenon was influenced by Shi Le, we do not know. However, their purpose is to ensure the tranquility of their tombs and prevent tomb robbery.
After Shi Le's death, it was supposed that his son Shi Hong was in charge of the imperial government, but instead his nephew Shi Hu seized the throne and later moved the capital to Yecheng. After Shi Hu's death, what was made public was buried in the Xianyuan Mausoleum, in fact, this was just a virtual mausoleum. It is said that Murong Jun, the former Emperor of Yan, dreamed one night that Shi Hu was biting himself, and his heart was resentful, so he ordered the excavation of Shi Hu's mausoleum to vent his anger. However, the excavation of the Xianyuan Mausoleum did not have the bones of Shi Hu, so the heavy reward for the insiders, in the end, not only found the place where Shi Hu's bones were really buried, but also threw Shi Hu's bones into zhangshui.
Later, after the fall of Former Yan, people re-fished Shi Hu's body and buried it.
The history of tomb robbery in China is surprising.
According to historical records, the first wave of climax occurred at the end of the Han Dynasty, when the Han Tombs were wantonly destroyed by rampant tomb robbers. Therefore, after the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the "virtual burial" method of burial in a fake and real way became popular. Legend has it that Zhuge Liang in the Three Kingdoms period set up many tombs of doubt after his death, and there was a tomb of Zhuge Liang under the Dingjun Mountain.
Because this is the base area where Zhuge Liang sent troops to the Northern Expedition many times before his death, and moreover, the eight formations were also deduced here, so it was named Dingjun Mountain. Later, before his death, Zhuge Liang declared to the outside world that he would be buried under Dingjun Mountain. In the eyes of the world, it is believed that Zhuge Liang will not make his cemetery public, so the cemetery under Dingjun Mountain is not his real tomb, but he turned his eyes to the northwest corner of Dingjun Mountain.
There, there is also a Tomb of Zhuge Liang's Wu hou, if you think this is true, then you are wrong, this is actually a tomb of doubt. It is said that it is just a tomb of his clothes, and his real body is not here. From these legends, the conclusion is that the truth of the ancients doing things is often not as simple as we think.
In fact, it is not only the Han Chinese who do this, but also the ethnic minorities in the north of our country who have also behaved in this way, burying the corpses and not letting the world know.
For example, the Xianbei people, their way of burial, is to bury the body of the deceased in a place that no one knows, and do not make any obvious marks. As for the burial, a false coffin will be arranged, and a tomb will be set up after it is buried, and various woven carriages and horses will be burned around it to bury the deceased. During this period, it was through such means that many large cemeteries have not been discovered.
In fact, the so-called true and false, false and true, the ancient emperors in order to prevent the tomb from being stolen is really painstaking, it is not easy.
Resources:
["Biography of the Ram", "History, Volume 47, Confucius Family Seventeenth", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wei, Emperor Wuji I", "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Volume 35, Shushu, Zhuge Liang's Biography", "Ming Shi, Taizu Benji"]