It is often said that "hearing is false, and seeing is believing." "Authenticity is a very important criterion for things, especially in the face of the realm of history. Everything that happened in the past needs to be respected, and those important figures in ancient times should not be distorted by factors such as literature. The truth buried in history should be made public, and this is the insistence of archaeology that insists on running between monuments.
In the ocean of literature, the ancients re-depicted the stories of the past for us with a unique perspective, and left behind various works. "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and "Sui and Tang Dynasties" are all a new interpretation of history. However, the characters left in these works are not real, but have a large degree of fiction, such as the well-known Cheng Yaojin.
In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Cheng Yaojin is an extremely lucky lucky general. He came from a poor background, his family made a living selling coarse salt, and he looked strong and strong. On weekdays, he used a Xuanhua axe as a weapon, and relied on the "three-plate axe" to embark on the road of hard work in the chaotic world.
He called himself the "Chaos Demon King", did many earth-shattering things, and finally surrendered to Li Shimin, living for more than 100 years, which can be described as a role that people love very much. But is the historical Cheng Biting Jin really such an image? In fact, it is not, a national treasure-level cultural relic unearthed in the tomb of Cheng Yaojin directly revealed his true life.
In 1986, the archaeologists in Lixian County, Shaanxi Province, were preparing to conduct a tentative excavation of Tang Taizong's Zhao Mausoleum, but unexpectedly, they accidentally discovered another important ancient tomb. After several investigations, people found that this was actually the tomb of Cheng Biting Jin, and there was no doubt that they were immediately attracted and hurriedly began rescue excavations.
But it is a pity that the tomb of this Sui and Tang dynasty celebrity has long been looted by tomb thieves, and several times of tidying up has not been able to obtain a considerable collection. However, there is still a very special item in this, and when experts identify it, they do not hesitate to confirm that it must be a national treasure. It is Cheng Yaojin's epitaph, which records his true life that few people know, and it is extremely precious.
Cheng Yaojin was born in 589, not from a poor background written in the novel, but in a family that had been an official for generations. From an early age, he was a man of great martial arts, and in 610 he was armed to protect his neighbors in the face of the chaotic organization at the end of the Sui Dynasty. The weapon he uses is a rare horse mallet, not the so-called "three-plate axe".
After this, in 619, Cheng Yaojin and Qin Qiong defected to Li Mi together, and followed Li Shimin's southern expedition to the north. Since then, he has made countless contributions on the battlefield and has been awarded the title of Duke of Suguo. He was closely following the King of Qin, and was also involved in the xuanwumen change in 626, and could be called the minister of Tang Taizong.
In 637, Cheng Yaojin was again appointed as the Assassin of Puzhou, renamed the Duke of Lu, and in 643 he was listed as one of the twenty-four heroes of LingYange, and was ranked as a general. When Li Shimin died in 649, he was still with Li Zhi, and it can be said that he contributed to the Tang Dynasty with his life. And his life expectancy is not as exaggerated as more than 100 years old, and he died at home in 665 at the age of 77, which was indeed a high lifespan at that time.
Compared with the real story, the image of Cheng Yaojin in literature seems to be exaggerated, and even somewhat "deified". Although such an error is harmless, it will obviously cause people to misinterpret it for rigorous history. So when experts see this epitaph, they can't help but say that we are all deceived by the novel.