The Book of Jin once said: "Or the tomb of the king of An'an, the bamboo book dozens of cars." "In the development of history, there have been many precious historical materials, and during the Western Jin Dynasty, the "Bamboo Book Chronicle" came out, and its subversive content shocked the world.
As one of the countries with the oldest history in the world, in the process of China's social development, there have been many history books with different contents. With the help of many history books, future generations can have a comprehensive understanding and understanding of ancient history.
However, through in-depth understanding of history, many people will also find that the content recorded in different history books is different, and the reason for this situation is also because the angle and position of the people who wrote the history books are different.
Once, a tomb robber in China dug up a thousand-year-old forbidden book, and the content recorded in this book was diametrically opposed to history. Not only that, after the unearthing of this forbidden book, a major secret of Qin Shi Huang was reproduced in the world. So, where did this thing come from? What kind of subversive content is there in this history book?
During the Western Jin Dynasty, a tomb robber found a special ancient tomb in the Henan region, according to the observation of tomb robbers, the scale of this ancient tomb is extremely grand, for this reason, he also believed that there will be more treasure items in the ancient tomb.
In order to get rich, the tomb robber entered the tomb alone, after which he began to search for precious funerary items in the tomb. After that, because the torches in the hands of the tomb robbers were extinguished, he gathered the bamboo strips scattered in the ground, lit them into torches, and looked for a way out of the tomb.
Soon after that, many villagers found the caves left by the tomb robbers, and at the entrance of the caves, there were many bamboo janes scattered.
Seeing this scene, the villagers speculated that there were probably traces of tomb robbery here, and after that, the villagers found members of the government to explore the robbery cave.
At that time, after some officials came to the scene, they found that the bamboo pieces were full of dense words, and then they transported all the bamboo pieces scattered at the entrance of the cave and the tomb to Luoyang, the capital division.
For Sima Yan, the Emperor of The Jin Dynasty, who had just completed the great cause of reunification, he naturally attached great importance to such cultural ancient books, and under the orders of Sima Yan, Zhongshu Ling and other officials began to sort out these bamboo janes.
What these scholars did not expect was that the excavation of this bamboo would actually bring great subversion to the study of China's history.
Combined with the relevant historical records, it can be seen that these bamboo simples are important historical materials in China's historical research - "Bamboo Book Chronicle".
As a chronicle of general history that successfully escaped the book burning pit of Qin Shi Huang, the "Bamboo Book Chronicle" records a total of more than 1,000 years of historical development in the Xia, Shang, Spring and Autumn Warring States periods, which also enables China's historical research cause to be further deepened.
However, after reading the contents of the "Bamboo Book Chronicle", experts found that the historical stories recorded in it were diametrically opposed to the contents recorded in the "Historical Records".
As we all know, it is recorded in the "Records of History" that during the reign of the three rulers of Yao, Shun, and Yu, they practiced the Zen concession system, which also reflected the glorious side of human nature. For thousands of years, the Zen concession system has always been the focus of China's historical research, and the Confucian school has also regarded the Zen concession system as the object of praise.
However, in the "Bamboo Book Chronicle", it is stated that the transition between these three rulers was not so peaceful, and the Zen system never really appeared in our society.
In the early years, Shun took advantage of Yao's old age and serious illness to secretly kill him and successfully usurped the throne. It can be seen that the transition of power between Yao and Shun was not aided by the Zen system.
In addition, Shun also locked Yao and his son in different places, so that their father and son could not see each other for eternity, which also reflected Shun's fierce heart as a ruler.
In fact, in addition to the above events, many of the important historical events recorded in the "Bamboo Book Chronicle" are very different from the "History", which also makes many literati in the Western Jin Dynasty feel extremely shocked by the content of the "Bamboo Book Chronicle".
In the context of feudal society, because the content recorded in the Bamboo Book Chronicle has a big difference with Confucianism, the book is also listed as a forbidden book by the rulers and is not allowed to circulate in the world. However, based on the special status of this history book, for thousands of years, this history book has always received the attention of China's literati historians.
In addition, as a historical material that survived in the book burning pit Confucianism, in the process of analyzing the Bamboo Book Chronicle by later generations, it is also believed that many important cultural relics related to the ancient era are likely to be buried in the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang. If one day, the mausoleum of The First Emperor of Qin can be displayed in front of the world, presumably precious historical materials such as the "Bamboo Book Chronicle" will also show a more comprehensive and accurate historical outlook for the world.
epilogue
As a relatively special historical material, the Bamboo Book Chronicle has become the focus of China's historical research since its appearance. After all, compared with other history books, the Bamboo Book Chronicle has many subversive contents, which will also bring new perspectives to historical research.
To this day, the "Bamboo Book Chronicle" still has the attention of many historians, with the continuous deepening of historical research by relevant experts, perhaps in the future, there will be a definite answer to which material is true in the "Bamboo Book Chronicle" and "Historical Record".
From the various controversies about the "Bamboo Book Chronicle", it can be seen that in the process of historical research, if we only study history based on written historical materials, it is also likely that we will be deceived by our ancestors and unable to truly understand the true face of history.
Reference: Bamboo Book Chronicle