The reporter learned today from the Jiangxi Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology that the "Edict of removal of the state" excavated from the tomb of Marquis Haixia shows a large amount of information that is not recorded in the history books, from which it can be determined that the accurate time of liu he's death was October 6, 59 BC.
Yang Jun said that the excavation location of the "Edict of the Removal of the State" was in the west room of the main chamber of the tomb of the Marquis of Haixia. It records in detail the disposition of the tomb owner Liu He by the imperial court after his death, and corroborates it with the records of the Book of Han. The content of the edict involves the Han Dynasty's secretary-general meeting system, the situation of officials, the official document process, etc., and it is the third and earliest Han Dynasty edict found in the country, and it is the only physical Han Dynasty edict in the southern region.
The history of the time of death of Liu He, the Marquis of Haixia, is not recorded, but the words "September B is dead" appear in the "Edict of the Removal of the State" excavated from the tomb of Marquis Haixia, and according to the relevant information provided in the edict, it is presumed that this sentence refers to Liu He, then the exact time of death of Liu He will be known. According to the calendar of the newly created "Taichu Calendar" of the Wu Emperor Dynasty used at that time, the "September Yiwei" was the eighth day of the first month of September in the third year of the Han Xuan Emperor Shenjue (lunar calendar), and the Gregorian calendar was October 6, 59 BC, which coincided with the summer and autumn, and there were melons in Nanchang in that season. Liu He ate a melon before he died, and the discovery of undigested melon seeds in Liu He's remains is a proof.
According to the written records of the "Edict of Removal of the State", Liu He died on November 14, 59 BC, when the "Edict of the Removal of the State" was issued to Yuzhang County, which was only a short period of 39 days.
A lot has happened in those 39 days. First of all, Yuzhang Taishou Liao gave a "Chapter of Exorcism to the Han Xuan Emperor" from Nanchang, who was far away in Chang'an, and after receiving it, emperor Xuan of Han summoned the ministers to a meeting to discuss, and the results of the discussion were signed by the ministers, and then the Han Xuan Emperor issued an edict to remove the country. In the end, this "edict of removal from the country" returned to Yuzhang Taishou Liao. By the time the "Edict of Exorcism" was issued to the Marquis of Haixia on November 22, 59 BC, all of Liu He's family members became commoners. Therefore, the high-grade artifacts of the princely emblem owned by Liu He could not be used by his family, and the officials who presided over his funeral buried these wealth in Liu He's tomb.
Yang Jun said that the "Edict of removal of the state" clearly mentioned the "Marquis of Haixia Marquis Family Chic Xiangyang" and other information, with the further collation, interpretation and study of the "Edict of removal of the State" excavated from the tomb of marquis of Haixia, the historical facts about the Liu He family and the Marquis of Haixia will be discovered in the future, which will surely promote the study of the culture of the Han Dynasty in Jiangxi.
(Reporters Liu Xin, Tian Yunhua, Li Jingcheng, Fan Cunbao, Xiong Fang, Yan Weiran)
Source: CCTV news client