People say that jade is priceless, so gold is not so valuable in comparison. In fact, this statement is completely correct, and the ancient Heshi Bi is an example. Since jade is so valuable, why do those tomb robbers only take the gold wire from the clothes and not the jade clothes when they encounter the golden jade clothes?
In fact, this question is not necessarily correct, who said that tomb robbers must not take away the jade clothes? It is also possible that they also want to take it, but there may be many unknown factors that make them dare not take it.
Let's first look at what is the golden jade coat. This item appeared in the Western Zhou Dynasty, when jade masks appeared, and by the time of the Spring and Autumn Warring States, some princes and officials began to add jade pieces to their clothes, and the real jade clothes appeared in the Han Dynasty. Since the beginning of the Western Han Dynasty, there have been golden jade clothes, and by the time of Cao Wei, this kind of clothing was abolished, so it is said that only in the Han Dynasty was this kind of golden jade clothing.
In fact, in the Han Dynasty, only emperors or people with great status could use the golden jade robe. This is made of gold wire with jade pieces, which can be said to be very expensive. It also keeps the body from decaying, in addition to the golden jade robe, there are also copper and silver, which are also used according to status, basically only some princes can use it.
Modern archaeologists have found that many tombs in the Han Dynasty have been visited by tomb robbers, and some large tombs with golden jade clothes generally only have jade pieces left, while the gold wire is missing, which does not mean that tomb robbers do not take away jade pieces.
First of all, tomb robbers come to the tomb in the dark, and tomb robbers generally do not take away those larger items. In terms of Liu Sheng's golden jade coat, the jade robe is about 1.88 meters long, with 2,498 pieces of jade, and the gold wire alone weighs 1,100 grams, so it is impossible for the tomb robbers to take away the jade pieces, comparatively speaking, the gold wire is easy to take and expensive, so the first choice of the tomb robbers is the gold wire.
Secondly, only some nobles can use the golden jade clothes, and the craftsmanship of the objects used by the nobles is very unique, so it is easy to be recognized, which means that even if the tomb robbers can transport the jade pieces, it is impossible to exchange these jade pieces for money.
Also, grave robbers may have some taboos. Because jade clothes are after all the personal items of the tomb owner, and since ancient times, it has been said that jade can raise people, so that jade naturally carries yin qi, and tomb robbers are generally more superstitious about these, so most tomb robbers will not take these jade pieces, but there are also some tomb robbers who do not care about these, that is another story.
But no matter what the tomb robbers take, they should be condemned by the world and punished by the law.