Introduction: Qiongtai Jade Pavilion shines green and red, dreaming of the Cypress Wind. Thirty-two doors are locked together, and every spring to sweep the sycamore. - "The Forbidden City"
Since ancient times, in the long river of history, countless great achievements have been bred, and predecessors have composed a great historical blueprint, providing a steady stream of impetus for the development of the times. However, mankind still has a long way to go in the exploration of history, and many historical puzzles are waiting for the world to be unveiled one by one, and the key to uncovering historical mysteries is the cultural relics left by predecessors. All countries have their own unique cultures, but also for countless heroes, in the exploration of history, made a great contribution, once Egypt unearthed a stone stele, attracted the attention of archaeologists from all over the world, but archaeologists can not crack the meaning of it, and finally was "Chinese" unraveled.
The stele, named rosetta Stone, is now kept in the British Museum and is a british town hall. In 1799, Napoleon led a large army to attack Egypt, and after many days of hard work, Napoleon's army broke through the gates of Egypt. The Nile Triangle was an important strategic location, with a French captain directing the construction of military works along the Rosetta of the Nile. Near the port, several workers found a strange stone. The whole stone was black, and the soldiers walked in to take a look, found that the stone was a stone tablet full of words, so they reported the discovery to the French captain, who received the news and ordered the stone to be fished up and sent to the Egyptian Research Institute of Napoleon's Ministry. By 1801, the British army had broken through Napoleon's defenses, so the French army had to withdraw, and the fate of rosetta's stone became the focus of debate in the world.
At that time, the British forced the French army to hand over the Rosetta Stone, but this stone stele was of great value to the study of history and culture, and the French experts were not willing to hand over the stone, so they decided to privately transport it away. But in the end, the matter was revealed, the French experts were arrested, and the stone tablets became the treasures of the British, preserved in the British Museum. Under the research of experts, it was found that the Rosetta Stone Tablet was engraved with a large number of words, and it was divided into three parts, including ancient Egyptian script, popular Egyptian script, and ancient Greek script. The three scripts recorded on the stone tablets have attracted the attention of archaeologists from all over the world, among which the ancient Greek language has been lost for a long time, and in the cultural relics found by people in the world, the figure of ancient Greek hieroglyphs can rarely be seen.
Archaeologists from all over the world, after a long period of research, still have not been able to unravel the meaning of the inscriptions on the stone tablets. In 1802, the British scholar Weston began to decipher the ancient Greek script, and he translated all the ancient Greek script into English, revealing the secrets in the stone tablets. This stele, written by an ancient Egyptian priest in 198 B.C., celebrates Ptolemy V, who was only 13 years old. Although the ancient Greek script has been deciphered by the world, the ancient Greek hieroglyphs in it are still a problem that plagues the world. A French scholar, De Sasi, made breakthrough progress for the first time. He recognized Ptolemy and Alexander by identifying him, but the rest of the writing was clueless.
Fast forward to 1822, more than thirty years after the discovery of the Rosetta Stone, and on the road to deciphering ancient Greek hieroglyphs, a key figure appeared, named François Champollion. He was a well-known French writer and linguist, and he was also one of the founders of ancient Egyptian literature. Since childhood, Chambollion has loved to study history and has a strong interest in ancient Egypt. From the age of seven, He devoted himself to the study of ancient Egyptian literature, and over time, Champollion mastered Latin, Ancient Greek, and was also involved in Chinese characters.
When Shang Boliang saw the hieroglyphs on the stone tablets, he suddenly thought of Chinese characters, which have a history of thousands of years, from the original oracle bone to the later seal book Lishu Kaishu, Chinese characters have undergone transformation and simplification. But it is the only font that expresses the meaning of words in tone and shape. This characteristic of Chinese characters also found an idea for Shang Bolian to study ancient Greek hieroglyphs. From 1822 to 1824, Shang Bolian spent two years to unveil the mysteries of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs and ancient Greek hieroglyphs, ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, divided into three parts, with ideographic sounds and limitations, three parts, and finally Shang Bolian compared with the transliteration table he developed, deciphered all the words one by one, unveiled the mysteries hidden in the stone tablets, which was called the father of ancient Egyptian literature by posterity.
epilogue:
Taking history as a mirror is the fundamental need of the development of all countries, and the so-called predecessors planted trees and cooled down after them, and followed the footsteps of predecessors can avoid repeating the same mistakes. Human society has gone through thousands of histories, countless great achievements, are integrated in the historical relics, cultural relics are also the best channel for studying history, the world should establish a sense of protection of cultural relics, on the road of cultural relics exploration, contribute their own strength, so that the history that has been sealed for many years, one by one, appears in front of the world, and strives for the future of the motherland for life.
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