According to the Old Book of Tang - Biography of Yan Shansi, "Qianling Xuanque, its door is blocked by stone, its stone gap, cast iron to fix it."
The meaning of this statement is that the tomb door of Qianling is blocked by stone strips, and the holes between the upper and lower are pierced with iron rods, and the molten tin iron juice is poured into the stone crevices, so it is fused with the stone strips, which is impenetrable.
The Qianling Tombs, which ten thousand people "can't dig up"
If you mention the most difficult tomb to dig among the emperors of the past dynasties, it is undoubtedly Wu Zetian's "ten thousand years of life" - Qianling.
His mausoleum has not only been slashed by the swords of the Cold Weapon Era, but also by the machine gun cannons of the Hot Weapon Age. In the past 1,200 years, as many as 17 of them have been pirates with names and surnames, and the largest one has been as many as 400,000 people.
But today, even emperor Wu of Han's mausoleum has been emptied, Tang Taizong's zhao mausoleum has also been swept away, and the kangxi emperor's corpse capital is not in order. Why is only Wu Zetian's Qianling alone?
According to records, at the end of the Tang Dynasty, Huang Chao led 400,000 troops to attack Chang'an to Liangshan and wanted to steal Wu Zetian's mausoleum.
However, so many people were about to dig up the entire mountain in half, but they could not find Qianling, and finally only left a large pit more than 40 meters deep in Liangshan.
During the Five Dynasties period, Wen Tao also took tens of thousands of people to dig Qianling, and went 3 times before and after. But I didn't want to encounter bad weather every time, but after Wen Tao and others left, the weather immediately turned clear.
In the Republic of China period, the national general Sun Lianzhong even led his troops to blow up the 3-layer stone strip next to the tomb with explosives, but he could not find the entrance to the tomb.
Eventually digging and digging, there was lightning and thunder, and the rainstorm was continuous, and the strange sky scared everyone away.
So why is Qianling so weird? In fact, this is all due to a person, this person is Yuan Tiangang, a Sichuan astrologer during the Tang Dynasty.
Yuan Tiangang: A generation of legendary phase teachers
Yuan Tiangang was a very famous astronomer, astrologer, feng shui master, Taoist priest and Xiangshi in the late Sui and early Tang dynasties.
In the old and new Tang Dynasty books of the Zhengshi, he is recorded in a biography, and in various Yeshi notebook novels, many of his legends are recorded.
He has great achievements in feng shui and easy learning, and has written "Six Lessons", "Three Phases", "Push Back Diagram", "Five Elements Xiangshu", "Yuan Tiangang Called Bone Song" and so on.
Yuan Tiangang's father, Yuan Shouyi, was once under Wang Shichong's command, but after Wang Shichong's defeat, Yuan Shouyi returned to his hometown and lived in seclusion.
When Yuan Tiangang was young, his family was very poor, but he loved to read very much, and he liked to study, and he had a lot of research on physiognomy.
Later Yuan Tiangang was invited by his friend Zhang Kamzhi to serve as a senior official in Luoyang during the Sui Dynasty.
After settling down in Luoyang, Yuan Tiangang's fame also grew. Because his phrenology prediction was extremely accurate, many people came to him at that time. The most famous legendary deed of Xiangshu in his life was to see the empress Wu Zetian.
According to the Old Book of Tang and Fang Ji, when Wu Zetian was still in his infancy, Yuan Tiangang said when he saw Wu Zetian's mother, Yang Shi, "Lady Fasheng Guizi!" ”
Wu Zetian's mother was overjoyed and brought her two sons, Wu Yuanqing and Wu Yuanshuang, to meet Yuan Tiangang, but Yuan Tiangang said that he could be an official to Sanpin, which was not a big noble.
Later, yang summoned Wu Zetian's sister, who was later the Korean lady, and Yuan Tiangang said, "This woman is expensive and unfavorable!" ”
In the end, Yang Asked the Nanny to take out Wu Zetian, who was dressed as a boy, and did not want Yuan Tiangang to be shocked when he saw Wu Zetian in his swaddling. He said, "Dragon pupil phoenix neck, extremely expensive test also!" Then he regretted and said, "Unfortunately, if it is a man, if it is a woman, it should be the Lord of the world!" ”
Later, after the deeds of Empress Wu Zetian were confirmed, it also made him more famous and called his god.
A unique "feng shui treasure land"
After Emperor Gaozong of Tang died of illness in Luoyang, Chen Ziang and others had advocated setting up a mausoleum in Luoyang, but Wu Zetian decided to choose a place in Guan in order to follow Emperor Gaozong's last wish to "return Chang'an".
Therefore, the imperial court selected two world-renowned alchemists throughout the country, one of whom was Yuan Tiangang, a Sichuan astrologer.
Yuan Tiangang really has great ability, he looked for a long time, only to find a mountain in Guanzhong, according to his claim, this place is full of purple qi, just intersected with the Beidou, is an excellent feng shui treasure.
Therefore, after he hastily made a mark, he went down the mountain to resume his life, and this place is now Qianling.
In fact, there is also a legend, it is said that after the construction of Wu Zetian's mausoleum was just completed, Yuan Tiangang once let all the workers who built it out, leaving him alone in the tomb.
No one knew what he was doing inside, and only rumbling was heard outside. Everyone thought that the mausoleum had collapsed, and at this time Yuan Tiangang came out of the tomb. And to all those who guard the mausoleum, he said: The mechanism in the tomb has been opened, and it is difficult to escape death if you enter it.
Therefore, many people think that no one has been digging Qianling for thousands of years because of what Yuan Tiangang had set up.
brief summary
Since Yuan Tiangang had no family lineage or power, but he could still be admired by the world, the rush of officials was enough to show that he really had real ability. And Yuan Tiangang has a very high attainment in the fields of astronomy and arithmetic, and it can be said that he is a veritable scientist in ancient times.
References: Old Book of Tang - Biography of Yan Shansi, Old Book of Tang And Fang Ji
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