The Chinese nation has a history of 5,000 years, among which there are countless unsolved mysteries, including lost civilizations, the lives of emperors, the deaths of celebrities, cultural mysteries, and mysterious treasures. So today Xiaobian will talk about the top ten unsolved mysteries in Chinese history, let's take a look at it!
10. How old did Oniguzi live?
Oniguzi, Wang Clan, Mingxue, Yizuo Wang Chan, Huaxia Clan, origin is disputed, there are many disputes, the founder of the Zhongheng family of the Hundred Sons, and a legendary figure of the Warring States Period. The famous strategist, the originator of the Zongheng family, the master of the art of war, and the four meat moles on his forehead are said to have become the elephants of ghosts. Oniguzi is proficient in hundreds of schools of learning, and because he lives in the Ghost Valley of Yunmeng Mountain, he calls himself Mr. Onigu. Often enter the mountain retreat, deeply familiar with the laws of nature, the mysteries of the heavenly path.
He was blessed by heaven with all-round wisdom, one is mathematics, the sun and the stars are like latitude, in his palm, accounting for the past and the past, saying everything; the second is military science, the six Tao and three strategies, the infinite changes, the deployment of troops, the unpredictable, the third is the study of speech, the extensive memorization, the reasoning and judgment, the words and arguments, and the ten thousand mouths are not dang; the fourth is born, the cultivation of truth, the form and spirit are wonderful, beyond all things, and the body is in harmony with nature.
In the history of culture, Oniguzi is an academic figure juxtaposed with Confucius and Laozi. He hid in the world, put the world in the chess game, and his disciples came and went, influencing the survival of the nations and promoting the direction of history.
His major works include "Ghost Valley" and "The Seven Techniques of Yin Runes in the Scriptures", and his works have been called "Forbidden Fruit of Wisdom, Book of Wonders" by later generations, and have been listed as forbidden books in previous generations.
Ghost Guzi is a very mysterious figure in Chinese history, known as the Ancient Strange Man, there are many kinds of legends about him, and his disciples are also famous in history, but when was he born? When did he die? It is still difficult to deduce that Oniguzi was active from the end of the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States period, and it is speculated that he lived for hundreds of years and then disappeared. How old such mysterious figures have lived can only be a mystery.
Ghost Valley
IX. The Mystery of the Whereabouts of the Original Yongle Canon of the Ming Dynasty
The Yongle Canon is a collection of ancient Chinese classics compiled by Ming Chengzu Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao during the Ming Yongle period. Originally named "Literature Dacheng", Later Ming Chengzu personally wrote the preface and gave it the name "Yongle Canon". The book consists of 22,877 volumes (60 volumes in the catalogue, a total of 22,937 volumes), 11,095 volumes, about 370 million words, and 7,000 or 8,000 kinds of ancient and modern books.
In the first year of Yongle (1403), Zhu Di resolved to build a huge work to highlight the prestige of the country and benefit all generations. The purpose is to "compile a book of hundreds of books on the history of all books, and to compile a book of astronomy, geography, yin and yang, medicine, monasticism, and craftsmanship." At first, Xie Jin presided over the compilation (147 people in scale), and a year later it was revised into the "Literature Dacheng", but Zhu Di was very dissatisfied after reading it himself, and appointed Yao Guangxiao as the supervisor, and at the same time, the compilation team expanded to 2196 people (a total of more than 3000 people), and the draft was finalized in the fifth year of Yongle (1407), And Zhu Di personally wrote the preface and gave it the name "Yongle Canon". The whole book was copied in the sixth year of Yongle (1408).
The original copy of the Yongle Canon is still unknown, but the copies of the canon have been devastated, mostly destroyed by fire and war, and a considerable part of it has been stolen by later generations in the name of shushu, and only more than 800 volumes remain and scattered around the world. The contents of the Yongle Canon include the classics, histories, sub-collections, astronomical geography, yin and yang medicine, divination, interpretation of the Tibetan Taoist scriptures, drama, crafts, and agronomy covering the intellectual wealth of the Chinese nation for thousands of years. The Encyclopædia Britannica called the Chinese Ming Dynasty book Yongle Canon "the largest encyclopedia ever recorded in the world" in its "Encyclopedia of Britannica" entry. It has become an important symbol of Chinese culture.
"Yongle Canon", can be regarded as a book of ancient wonders! But unfortunately, from the advent of the Yongle Canon until the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the original destination became a public case. One theory is that Ming Yingzong buried this book in Yongling, and the Ming Dynasty had a tradition of burial books, and judging from Ming Yingzong's love of the canon, it is very likely that "life and death are connected". Another theory is that the original was destroyed at the time of the Ming Dynasty, and the Wenyuan Pavilion caught fire, and the original may be destroyed. Since the historical records do not record the whereabouts of the original, it seems that the only way to find out where the original is is to be found out.
Yongle Ceremony
VIII. Who was Cao Zhi's "Roselle Endowment" for?
Cao Zhi (192 – December 27, 232), courtesy name Zijian, was a native of Pei county (沛国谯县, in modern Bozhou, Anhui), the third son of Cao Cao and Empress Wuxuanbian.
Cao Zhi was a famous writer of the Three Kingdoms period, and as one of the representative figures and masters of Jian'an literature, he was promoted to the status of a model of articles during the Two Jin Dynasties and the Southern and Northern Dynasties. His representative works include "Roselle", "White Horse", "Seven Lamentations" and so on.
Because of his literary achievements, later generations called him "Three Caos" together with Cao Cao and Cao Pi. His poems are known for their strong pen strength and gorgeous lyrics, and there are thirty volumes in the collection, which have been written by the Song people. Cao Zhi's prose also has the characteristics of "love and elegance, body and literary quality", coupled with the rich variety of its varieties, which has made him outstanding achievements in this regard.
Xie Lingyun, a southern Song dynasty writer, had the evaluation that "there is only one stone in the world, and Cao Zijian has eight buckets". Literary critic Zhong Rong also praised Cao Zhi for his "unusually high bones, colorful words, love and elegance, and literary quality, overflowing with ancient and modern times, and outstanding." And in the "Poetry" he was listed as the highest poet of the pin. Wang Shizhen tasted that in the two thousand years since the Han and Wei dynasties, the poets can be called "immortals", Cao Zhi, Li Bai, and Su Shi.
Cao Zhisu, one of the "Three Caos", is known for his literary style, and in addition to the seven-step poem, the first to promote "Luoshenfu" is famous. So in "Luoshen Endowment", who is the goddess of Luoshui written by Cao Zhi? Become a mystery that history is difficult to solve. One hypothesis is that Zhen Hou, Cao Pi's concubine. As a little uncle, he fell in love with his sister-in-law, as far as his brothers were concerned, he was unjust; as far as the monarch was concerned, what kind of system was he disloyal? Gu Kaizhi's masterpiece "Luoshen Futu" openly refers to Zhen Hou, Li Shangyin also has the verse "Concubine Mi left pillow Wei Wangcai", the peach blossoms in the chaotic world flowed one after another, and for thousands of years, the literati scolded; Another speculation is that Cao Zhi created a roselle image, beautiful and infatuated, but was suspected and used to self-simulate, expressing his own talent, repeated exclusion, and inability to return to heaven.
If it is not Zhen's work, then why did Cao Zhi write "Roselle Endowment"? If it is said that it is the way of the monarch, as a political persecution of the brother repeatedly, how can it produce the true feelings of the Roselle woman? It seems impossible, and all this can only become an unsolved mystery of history.
Roselle endowment
VII. The Mystery of the Unknown Whereabouts of the Orchid Pavilion Collection
The Lanting Collection Sequence was written by The Jin Dynasty of China (353 AD), written by Shusheng Wang Xizhi at the foot of Lanzhu Mountain in Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. Also known as "Orchid Pavilion Preface", "Linhe Sequence", "Zen Thesis", "March 3 Lanting Poetry Preface" and so on.
In April 353 (the third day of the third month of the ninth year of Jin Yonghe, 1667), Wang Xizhi, who was then the secretary of the Internal History, and his friends Xie An and Sun Qi, and forty-one others drank wine and wrote poems at the Lanting Yaji in HuijiShanyin. Wang Xizhi compiled these poems into a collection and wrote a preface, describing the flow of QuShui and expressing the inner feelings caused by them. This preface is the "Orchid Pavilion Collection Preface". And wrote a "Lanting Collection Sequence".
Emperor Taizong of Tang highly admired him, and personally wrote the "Biography of Wang Xi" in the Book of Jin, which was praised as "perfect and perfect".
"Orchid Pavilion Preface", known as the "First Line book of the ages", is the peak of the book Saint Wang Xi, with extremely high artistic value, lost for thousands of years, let people miss! The history books record that in the will of Emperor Taizong of Tang, the "Orchid Pavilion Preface" was explicitly required to accompany the burial.
In other words, this treasure should be in Zhaoling. The fifth generation of Wen Tao exterminated humanity, excavated the Zhaoling Tomb, found the authentic calligraphy of Zhong Xuan and Wang Xizhi, and let it circulate in the world, without mentioning the Orchid Pavilion Preface, resulting in a headless public case.
Some people say that the "Orchid Pavilion Preface" is still in Zhaoling, which may be hidden in a more secret place, and Wen Tao's shape is hurried, and no real handwriting has been found. Some people also say that the "Orchid Pavilion Preface" is in Qianling, and Tang Gaozong and Wu Zetian love calligraphy and painting, not to mention, the folk have long had the "Orchid Pavilion Preface" to accompany the burial of Qianling. Qianling has not yet been stolen, everything can only become a fog, flowers and water moon, I believe that one day Qianling opened, the truth will be revealed, must be revealed.
Orchid Pavilion Prologue
6. Where are the Warring States and clan bi?
Heshi Bi is a famous jade in Chinese history, and in the hundreds of years it has been passed down, it has been regarded as the "treasure of the world" of "priceless treasure", also known as Heshi No Bi, Jing Yu, Jing Hong, Jing Bi, He Bi, and He Pu. For the world's treasures.
The name of the original excavation of Heshi Bi, after which the rough stone of unprocessed jade was called "Wei". Heshi Bi, circulated for thousands of years, strange goods can be lived in, valuable, the story of "complete Bi returned to Zhao", but also passed down as a good story for thousands of years! Where does Heshibi go?
There are many opinions, the only certainty is that this piece of treasure jade is still in the human world, because it can withstand the high temperature of 1300 degrees Celsius, and generally fire cannot be incinerated. Qin destroyed the Six Kingdoms, and Yingzheng finally obtained the most precious treasure.
Some people say that the Qin King's Broken He Clan Bi, carved on the eight characters of "Ordered by Heaven, Both Subjected to Yongchang", is the jade seal that has been passed down from generation to generation, through the hands of Liu Bang, Wang Mang, and Sima Yan, and has been passed on to Later Tang, Shi Jingyao destroyed Later Tang, and Later Tang Li was burned from Keren Jade, and his whereabouts have since been unknown.
It is reasonable to say that real gold is not afraid of fire refining, and Shi Jingyao should have obtained treasures and is very likely to be buried with Shi Jingyao; some people say that Heshi Bi was buried in QinLing as a funerary product, and was not passed down to the world as a national jade seal. If this is the case, in the future, the excavation of the Qinling Underground Palace, Heshi Bi will surely see the light of day, and we will also have the opportunity to see the treasure.
Mr. Wa-chen
Fifth, the mystery of qin shi huang's life
Qin Shi Huang Yingzheng (259 BC - 210 BC), surnamed Ying, Zhao, Mingzheng (a name "Zheng"), also known as Zhao Zheng, ZuLong, also known as Lü Zhengyi. Son of King Xiang of Qinzhuang and Zhao Ji. An outstanding politician, strategist, and reformer in ancient China, a political figure who completed china's unification for the first time, and the first monarch in China to be called emperor.
Qin Shi Huang laid the basic pattern of China's political system for more than two thousand years, and was praised by the Ming Dynasty thinker Li Yan as "an emperor in ancient times". So, whose son was Qin Shi Huang Yingzheng? This matter has indeed been controversial throughout history.
Origin of the controversy: This controversy arose as to whether Qin Shi Huang was the son of Chu Zi chu, the Prince of Xiang of Qin, or the son of Lü Buwei
The source actually stems from the inconsistent records of Ma Qian of the Taishi Company in the "Records of History".
Sima Qian described it in the "History of Qin Shi Huang Benji": Qin Shi Huang was the son of King Xiang of Qinzhuang. King Xiang of Qin zhuang had been a proton of the State of Qin in the State of Zhao, and had befriended the great merchant Lü Buwei in handan, the capital of Zhao, and once when he was at a banquet in lü Buwei's mansion, he met Lü Buwei's concubine Zhao Shi and fell in love with her, and later married Zhao Ji as a wife, and gave birth to Qin Shi Huang in the capital of the Zhao state, Handan, in the first month of the forty-eighth year of the reign of King Zhao.
In the "History of Qin Shi Huang Benji", Sima Qian only recounts the birth of Qin Shi Huang and does not mention that he may be Lü Buwei's son, but in the "History of Lü Buwei Lie", there is a completely different account of this paragraph:
Zhao Ji was a native of Handan, Zhao Guo, with excellent appearance and excellent dancing skills, and after marrying Lü Buwei, Zhao Ji soon found herself pregnant. Once, the prince of the Qin state, Consort Chu, went to Lü Buwei's mansion for a banquet, and after seeing Zhao Ji, he became admired and asked Lü Buwei to give Zhao Ji to him. Lü Buwei was originally very angry, but thinking that he had already poured out his family's financial resources in order to help Concubine Chu ascend to the throne, how could he spoil a big thing for a small Zhao Ji? So Lü Buwei offered Zhao Ji to Concubine Chu. Zhao Ji concealed that she was pregnant, and married Ying Zi Chu for ten months (twelve months), and gave birth to a son, named Yue Zheng. Concubine Chu then made Zhao Ji his wife.
In the "Biography of Lü Buwei lie", the birth of Qin Shi Huang is described as a conspiracy and a royal scandal, which has also caused controversy among many scholars in later generations due to Tai ShiGong's contradictory description in the "History".
There are many opinions: some scholars agree with the statement that Qin Shi Huang was Lü Buwei's illegitimate son. The Eastern Han Dynasty historian Ban Gu first called Qin Shi Huang Yingzheng "Lü Zheng" in the Book of Han.
Later, the Tang Dynasty historian Sima Zhen also gave an explanation of the "Lü Zheng" in his book "History of Suoyin":
However, there are also many scholars who believe that Qin Shi Huang was Lü Buwei's illegitimate son, which is not credible.
Tang Pingyin, a historian of the Ming Dynasty, proposed: If Lü Buwei was the father of Qin Shi Huang, then why did Qin Shi Huang force him to die?
When Qin Shi Huang and his mother Zhao Ji were hiding in the Zhao Kingdom when they were young, his mother would definitely explain to Qin Shi Huang who her biological father was as the concubine of the Southern Dynasty Marquis qi di told her son Xiao Miao. If Qin Shi Huang's biological father was really Lü Buwei, then he would certainly not have ruthlessly relegated Lü Buwei to Shudi and forced him to commit suicide by drinking, and even the persuasion of many guests could not stop it. Therefore, Lü Buwei's death is enough to show that they are not father and son.
Qin Shi Huang
Fourth, the mystery of the bronze sword's thousand-year-old stainless steel
Bronze Sword Introduction: Bronze sword began in the Shang Dynasty. At that time, its sword body was generally shorter, shaped like the leaves of a willow tree, and the production was relatively rough. After the late Spring and Autumn Period, the production of bronze swords reached maturity. At this time, the bronze sword body was generally lengthened to fifty or sixty centimeters. A bronze sword is mainly composed of two parts, the sword body and the sword stem, the so-called sword "stem" is the handle of the sword. There is also a raised partition between the stem and the body of the sword, called the "grid". The more exquisite bronze swords have some decorations on the top of the "grid" to show the identity and status of the user. These decorations usually use jade materials, so this kind of sword is also called "jade head sword". In the middle of the Western Han Dynasty, iron weapons completely replaced bronze weapons, and bronze swords withdrew from the historical stage.
The Terracotta Warriors of Qin Shi Huang, as the "Eighth Wonder of the World", is one of the greatest archaeological discoveries of the twentieth century! Along with the Terracotta Warriors, a batch of bronze swords were unearthed at the same time, the sword body was bright and smooth, the blade was finely ground, and the underground slept for more than 2,000 years, bright as new, sharp and incomparable.
Coincidentally, when the archaeological team excavated the Spring and Autumn Tomb, it accidentally found a Yue Wang Gou Jian sword, fine workmanship, cutting iron like mud, two major archaeological discoveries immediately spread throughout the north and south of the river, a greater miracle is still behind, after scientific researchers tested, the sword front has a layer of chromium salt compound, which is the reason for the millennium of stainless steel.
This discovery caused a sensation in the world, because this chromium salt oxidation treatment method is an advanced technology in modern times, which was invented and patented by Germany in 1937 and the United States in 1950. As we all know, chromium is a rare metal with a melting point of up to 4000 degrees Celsius, which is very difficult to extract.
Modern scientific inventions actually appeared more than two hundred years ago? Who could have imagined that the sword in Qin Shi Huang's hand was actually the crystallization of modern science? Layers of mysteries, which are right and wrong, can only become a mystery for eternity.
Bronze sword
Third, the mystery of the ancient tomb "Changming Lantern" not being extinguished
The ancient tomb "Changming Lantern", first seen in myths and legends, is said to be the fire of the Heavenly Palace, and it was Promuseus who secretly brought it back to the human world. Around the world, tomb robbers go to great lengths to steal jewelry from ancient tombs, which are often isolated from the world, and the treasures are still intact after thousands of years. According to common sense, the ancient tomb does not see the day all year round, and should not have seen the five fingers, but in some ancient tomb vaults hung "changming lamp", the shadowy light is very compelling, creepy. Such a magical lamp, why is it not extinguished for thousands of years? Why does anaerobic combustion still burn? Where does the energy come from? If it is an oil lamp, it will not be extinguished for a thousand years, how will the fuel be supplied? Obviously not human; If it is an electric lamp, the liquid in the lamp bowl may be used to conduct electricity mercury, the question is how is the electrical energy generated? Is there a power generation installation in a corner? To do this once and for all, solar power is required. All this is just speculation, what is the truth? Scientific verification is also required.
Long lamp
2. Where are the treasures of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom?
The failure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is lamentable, and the disappearance of a huge amount of jewelry in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom is also regrettable. Tianjing fell, the whole army was destroyed, and a large number of jewels evaporated from the human world. Chinese and foreign countries spread the wealth of the flood, gold and silver like the sea, department stores are full, and more treasures are hidden underground. After Li Xiucheng was captured, Zeng Guofan threatened and seduced him, and repeatedly asked where the gold and silver were, which was also the reason why King Zhong was executed late. Mighty and indomitable, the loyal king was loyal and never revealed the whereabouts of the jewels. Some people even drained the water of the lake in the back garden of the Heavenly King's Mansion and dug three feet into the ground, but found nothing. Such a cellar of jewelry, even hanging the world's stomach, for the treasure tracking, there is no stopping!
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I. The "Jiuding" of the Xia Dynasty was lost in ancient and modern times
Jiuding, is a Zhenguo artifact, belongs to the ancient treasure! According to legend, Xia Qi collected rare animals and strange things, painted them into pictures, and let the craftsmen imitate the body of Jiuding, symbolizing a state with a ding, and symbolizing jiuzhou, reflecting the unity of the whole country and the concentration of royal power, as the treasure of Xia, Shang, and Zhou Zhenguo, which has been passed down for more than 2,000 years. Does Jiuding still exist? It's still an unsolved mystery! According to the "Historical Records", Qin Mugong plundered Jiuding to the capital of the Qin State, but the Book of Han says that Jiuding sank in the Surabaya of Pengcheng and has not been found. If what Sima Qian said is true, Jiuding should fall into the hands of Qin Shi Huang, not to mention that Du Mu said that "the first emperor swam east out of Zhou Ding"! Qin Shi Huang cherished Jiuding very much, which is a well-known thing, and Jiuding is very likely to be buried in the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, which has also become the motivation of some archaeologists to encourage the excavation of Qin Ling.
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