△ Yue Wang Gou Jian Sword
Why was the Yue King's sword unearthed in the Tomb of Chu (continued)
△ Duan Yihong incarnated as the "Sword Spirit", telling the past and present lives of the Yue King's sword.
(Continued) In summary, the integration is actually four. For the viewpoints (i) and the viewpoints (iv), the viewpoints (ii) and the viewpoints (iii) are each the same thing. Therefore, (i) say, (iv) say as dowry, (ii) say, (iii) set as booty; However, (v) said and (vi) said that the academic community has a low level of approval, and its possibility is very small, so we will not discuss it for the time being. Now we will make some comparative studies of the dowry theory and the booty theory, in order to get a glimpse of the greatest possibility of the sword being used to enter Chu.
●(1) From the perspective of the historical background, both the "dowry theory" and the "booty theory" are possible
△ Restore the true appearance of the Yue King's Gou Jian Sword 2500 years ago
First, the relationship between Chu and Yue is extremely close, and there are indeed women who are married to Chu, which can be proved by historical data. The Chronicle of the Chu Dynasty says: In the twenty-seventh year of King Zhao's reign (489 BC), "General Zhan, Gengyin, King Zhao died in the army. Zi Lu said: "The king was very ill, and he gave up his son to let the group of subjects, and the subjects were xu wang, and the king of Guang was also yiye." Now that the king is a pawn, how dare the subject forget the king's will!' Nai conspired with Zi Xi and Zi Qi, Fu Shi Closed Tu, and Ying Yue's son Zhang Lizhi, who was for King Hui. The "Commentary on the Collected Histories" quotes the pious saying: "Closed painting, not through the foreign envoys." Yue Nu, concubine of King Zhao. The "History of the Chu Family" also says: "Zhuangzi reigned for three years,...... Woo Woo Woo Woo King Zhuang hugged Zheng Ji on the left and Yue Nu on the right, sitting between the bells and drums. "It is also seen that the relationship between Chu and Vietnam was extraordinary as early as the time of Chu Zhuang (613-590 BC). In this context, it was normal for Gou Jian to use the "self-acting sword" as a dowry when marrying a woman into Chu.
Second, a variety of historical records record that in the late Warring States period, the greater the defeat at Chu. In this regard, the historical facts are clear and need not be repeated. If you want to cross the country when the country is destroyed and the family is destroyed, it is also reasonable to use a "Yue Wang Dove Shallow Self-Action Sword" as a trophy of the victorious country.
●(ii) The dowry theory has more conditions for victory than the trophy theory
First of all, Yue Nu did have concubines and Chu Zhao's king. Moreover, Zhang, the son born to King Zhao and Yue Nu, was indeed made king of Chu Hui. Only in this way, the Yue King's sword into Chu could not only be directly married with the Yue daughter, but more likely to be given to the son of the Yue daughter later, or even more so when the chapter was established as the King of Chu Hui, the Yue Kingdom would make another special gift. And the spoils of war said that it must withstand the test of the time limit for the burial of the Chu tomb.
So far, the discontinuation of the Chu Tomb no. 1 in Wangshan, Jiangling, Hubei Province, has only stayed in the "middle period of the Warring States". And this "middle warring states" 4 words, for a specific year, can only be a vague word. What year did it start? When? It is clear who can determine that the defeat of Chu yue is 334 BC, which is a definite year, and it is about the critical period between the middle and late Warring States periods. If the exact burial time of Chu Tomb No. 1 in Wangshan is set before 334 BC, even if it is only one or two years earlier, the theory of war spoils will be difficult to establish. It's a question of having to chew on the year.
Secondly, the intact rate of the Yue King's sword when it was unearthed will also support the dowry theory. Tracing back to the years when the Kingdom of Yue went from Gou to Boundless Territory, "Mozi Fei Attacked" said: "Today, the warlike country, Qi, Jin, Chu, and Yue." The "History of the Yue King's Gou Jian ShiJia" also says: "Gou Jian has been pacified wu, nai has crossed the Huai with soldiers in the north, and the princes of Qi and Jin will meet in Xuzhou to pay tribute to Yu Tun." ...... When it was, the Yue soldiers ran rampant in the east of Jianghuai, and the princes Bihe were known as the overlords. After that, the military center of gravity of the Yue state shifted to Langya (present-day Teng County, Shandong), and traveled to the Central Plains, where the war continued unceasingly, and the kings of the kingdom of Weel, Bushou, Weng, Feng, And Hou, and Wujiang. The "History of the Yue King's Gou Jian Shi Family" further said: "When Wang Wujian was without borders, Yue Xingshi's divisions went north to Qi and Western Chu and competed with China for strength." This shows that the Yue state has been practicing hegemony from scratch, until it has no frontiers, and it is always in the south to seek northern expeditions and compete with China for strength.
In this context, if the sword is the trophy of the battle when Chu defeated the Yue dynasty when Wang Wujian was boundless, then the sword has been more than 160 years old, and it must have experienced hundreds of battles, and the Bo sword has struck countless battles and scarred. However, when the sword was unearthed, not only was it cold and shining, sharp and intact, but even the fluid ridges used for decoration on the sword surface could not find a trace of scratches, which showed that it did not have a history of actual combat on the battlefield. What is even more remarkable is that the silk entanglement where the handle of the sword is pressed is still intact when it is unearthed, and the degree of stiffness in the sense is just like the first time. In this way, we have to agree that it must be a dowry.
△ Hubei Provincial Museum
In summary: In 1965, the "Yue Wang Jiu Shallow Self-Acting Sword" of the Chu Tomb No. 1 Wangshan in Jiangling, Hubei Province, could only be the dowry of the daughter who married into Chu, or the special gift given to King Hui of Chu later. If you want to equate it with the spoils of war when Chu defeated Yue, it is really difficult to do so. In addition, if the owner of the Chu Tomb No. 1 in Wangshan is really Shao Shui or Shao Gu after the King of Chu Mourning, it can only be a certain King of Chu after the King of Chu, who gave the Sword of the King of Yue left by his husband as a gift for the sake of meritorious service or attendant. This should also be reasonable.
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Written by | Ge Guoqing
Edited | Han Hua, Qing Yi
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