On display at the Fukuoka City Museum in Japan is a golden seal whose existence confirms that China began to communicate with Japan during the Han Dynasty, and this golden seal is the golden seal of the "King of Han Weinu".
There are many theories about the golden seal of "King Hanjunu", and in the long history of history, the golden seal of "King Hanju" was found on Shiga Island in Fukuoka, Japan.
On February 23, 1784, a man named Shizunobu picked up a shiny object on Shiga Island, and when he picked it up, he cleaned it and found it to be a seal, and found a snake button and 5 seals on it.
After many inquiries and inquiries, the guards concluded that this square seal was likely to be a precious item, so the guards reported to the officials, and the government, with the help of Kamai Nanming, who was familiar with the Han classics, determined that this was the golden seal of the "King of Han Weinu", and this news caused quite a stir in Japan as soon as it was exposed.
But there are many theories about the authenticity of this gold seal, which is also the focus of the Japanese Archaeological Forum, until 1981, when a Jiangsu girl inadvertently picked up a seal, and finally unveiled the mystery of nearly 200 years.
In 1981, a female member of the Laoshan Brigade of Ganquan Commune, Ganquan Village, Hanjiang County, Jiangsu Province, found a yellow and bright object in the process of building a road with her colleagues at the construction site, when the female member guessed that she might have found the treasure, so she quietly put this object into her clothes pocket, and did not expect that this object actually unveiled an ancient mystery.
The geographical location of Ganquan Village in Hanjiang County, Jiangsu Province, is extremely special, and there are nearly 20 hills or mounds around Ganquan Village in Hanjiang County, which are the tombs of some aristocratic families in ancient times and are also the places that many tomb robbers must visit.
The most eye-catching thing in Ganquan Mountain is the "Double Mountain", what is "Double Mountain"? Shuangshan is located north of Ganquan Mountain, is the place where two mountains are adjacent, these two mountains are not ordinary mountains, but two generations of Han tombs, about the two generations of Han tombs the state attaches great importance to, Nanjing Museum in 1975 and 1980 respectively on the Han Dynasty tombs excavated twice.
Although the tomb robbers "ransacked" the Han tomb, experts still found many precious treasures in the two excavations, including the copper goose foot lamp.
Experts judged that this may be the tomb of Liu Jing, the ninth son of Emperor Liu Xiu of the Han Wu Emperor in the seventeenth year of Jianwu, based on the engraving on the bottom of the copper goose foot lamp "Shanyang Residence Copper Goose Foot Long Stirrup Jianwu Twenty-Eight Years Coinage", but after all, there is not much evidence, and experts do not dare to make a conclusion.
In 1981, a girl named Tao Xiuhua in Ganquan Village, Hanjiang County, was sweating while working at the construction site, so she stopped to rest, and in the process of resting, she found a golden object, Tao Xiuhua thought that she had found the treasure, so she put this object into her pocket.
After the construction site, Tao Xiuhua took the treasure she picked up to the river for cleaning, and found that this treasure had a small turtle of 2 to 3 centimeters, the turtle's back pattern was still hexagonal, looking at the whole baby, Tao Xiuhua only knew a "king" word, and she concluded that she really picked up the baby.
On the way home, she showed off that she had found the treasure, Tao Xiuhua's husband had worked in the archaeologist team for a while, and based on the description of the place where his wife found the treasure and the appearance of the treasure, he guessed that it might have been missed last year when the experts dug the grave, and the two decided to hand the treasure over to the state after discussion.
Experts identified the "treasure" handed in by Tao Xiuhua and her husband, found that it was engraved with the "Seal of the King of Guangling", and determined that the eastern Han tomb was the tomb of Liu Jing, the ninth son of Emperor Liu Xiu of the Han Dynasty.
As for why Liu Jing changed from the King of Shanyang on the bronze goose foot lamp to the King of Guangling on the seal, this is recorded, according to the Book of Later Han, Liu Jing was a very talented prince, but his heart was very cold, and he often made small moves in secret.
After the death of Emperor Liu Xiu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Liu Zhuang of Han succeeded to the throne, and during Liu Zhuang's reign he repeatedly rebelled among his ministers and wanted to rebel, but Emperor Ming of Han concealed what Liu Jing had done in terms of blood relations, and changed the king of Shanyang to the king of Guangling, Liu Jing tried to rebel many times and failed, and finally committed suicide in prison.
According to records, the emperor of the Han Dynasty repeatedly rewarded the turtle button gold seal as a reward to the princes of the same surname, Liu Jing was one of them, in the year of discovering the "Guangling King's Seal", Japan visited China, when the Japanese visit to China press group saw the "Guangling King's Seal" in the Nanjing Museum, its eyes were full of surprise.
Soon, the "Guangling WangXi" occupied the top of japan's news list, you know, in the Han Dynasty tomb found more than this one gold seal, the Japanese are so crazy about this "Guangling Wangxi" is because the "Guangling Wangxi" can unveil the mystery of the "Han Weinu King" golden seal for nearly 200 years.
The "Han Weinu King" golden seal was discovered in 1784, according to the inference of Guijing Nanming, it is confirmed that this "Han Weinu King" golden seal was given to the Weinu state by the Han Wu Emperor Liu Xiu, and most Japanese scholars at that time supported The Claim of Guijing Nanming, including Huang Zunxian of the Restoration School in 1877 AD, according to historical records, believed that this golden seal was given by Emperor Wu of Han.
However, there are many "gossips" about the golden seal of the "Han Weinu King", after all, there are very few records of the golden seal of the "Han Weinu King" in the history books, and the longest popular time among many theories is the imitation of the Edo period, and the word "yin" is missing in the golden seal of the "Han Weinu King", and this seal contains "guo", which is contrary to the Han Dynasty seal, in addition, the carving style of this seal is also inconsistent with the Han Dynasty carving.
To some extent, this has led most people to believe that this is an imitation of the Edo period, but in terms of the carving technology of the Edo period, it is impossible to do.
In 1959, in Jinning, Yunnan Province, the seal of the King of Dian was found, the King of Dian was the leader of the ethnic minorities, and the seal of the King of Dian was a snake button, which was the same as the snake button of the golden seal of the "King of Han Weinu", which just proved that the golden seal of the "King of Han Weinu" was real.
However, the seal of the King of Dian is only a proof, it only proves that the snake button is real, it is likely that the Emperor of the Han Dynasty rewarded the button according to different regions, and it is impossible to determine that the golden seal of the "King of Han Weinu" is true.
The seal of the King of Dian minimized the doubts about the golden seal of the "Han WeiNu King", and with the publication of articles by Japanese scholars, there were fewer voices about the false golden seal of the "Han Wei Nu King", until the discovery of the "Guangling King Seal", and the authenticity of the golden seal of the "Han Wei Nu King" finally ushered in the end.
Japanese scholars have conducted a comparative study of the golden seals of "Guangling Wangxi" and "HanWeinu King", and Japanese scholars have concluded from many aspects such as the size of the golden seal and the carving technology that the golden seals of "Guangling Wangxi" and "Hanweinu King" are almost identical and meet the standards of the Han Dynasty.
Not only that, the engraving techniques of the two are almost the same, there is not much difference, both are engraved "Han Weinu King" and "Guangling King Seal", that is to say, these two gold seals are most likely from a person's carving skills.
In the process of comparison among Japanese scholars, they were also pleasantly surprised to find that the golden seal of the "King of Han Weinu" was given to the Weinu State in 57 AD, and it is recorded in the Book of Han that in 58 AD, the Han Ming Emperor gave the "Guangling King Seal" to Liu Jing, the King of Guangling, which means that the "Guangling King's Seal" and the "Han Weinu King" Golden Seal were only one year apart.
In other words, the appearance of the "Seal of the King of Guangling" confirmed the existence of the golden seal of the "King of Han Weinu", and the controversy over the authenticity of the golden seal of the "King of HanWeinu" ended here.
The emergence of the "Seal of the King of Guangling" not only proves that the golden seal of the "King of the Han Dynasty" is real, is in line with the canonical system of the Han Dynasty, and has a unique effect on our country.
The mutual testimony between the two sides further proves the authenticity and reliability of the records in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, but according to the records of this historical record, we can conclude that the exchanges between China and Japan began with the Han Dynasty, and the Slave State paid tribute to the Han Dynasty in exchange for the golden seal of the "King of the Han Dynasty" and increased the power of its own country.
The excavation of the "Seal of the King of Guangling" and the confirmation of the golden seal of the "King of han Weinu" also added a brilliant color to the exchanges between China and Japan.