"There are always traces of the past." Although the past events are far away from our current lives, because there are various historical records, the events that occurred in the past are also traceable in the present, and they will not disappear absolutely, and there will be no news.
Therefore, as long as it is something or event that has existed, in fact, we can find traces even if we are in the present. As we all know, our country is an ancient civilization with a history of five thousand years. And this 5,000-year history has also attracted the research of many scholars. However, there is a "blank period" of 1500 years in history, and there is hardly any record of historical data, so this is not only curious, but what really happened in this?
So what is the time period of 1500 years? What's going on here? Under normal circumstances, as long as someone exists, will there be no corresponding traces? Why is this history so blank? If you want to know, you still have to start with the background at that time.
Blank 1500 years
We all know that the Xia Dynasty, which has always been recognized, is the earliest known dynasty in Chinese history. And this blank 1500 year is actually before the Xia Dynasty.
The period before the Xia Dynasty is currently recognized as the Yanhuang Era, but the record of the Yanhuang Era is relatively very blank. This is what we call the "disappearing" 1500 years.
The Yanhuang era is very vague, no one knows what happened, our understanding of the Yanhuang era is mostly through the records and writings of posterity, and some of the relevant records of the Yanhuang period are not there. Because people know about the Yanhuang Era through posterity, and there are no history books of the Yanhuang Era, it is also full of controversy about whether some of the characters of the Yanhuang Era really exist. After all, the descriptions of later generations may actually have fictional elements.
And the characters of the Yanhuang era must have been heard of by us, such as the "Three Emperors and Five Emperors" and other figures. Another reason why the authenticity of these 1500 years has been questioned is that the stories written by later generations about this time are too magical to be unbelievable.
For example, the story of the Battle of Zhuolu has always attracted many people. And this story, although wonderful, also makes people doubt its authenticity. In particular, the plot of having the help of the gods during the war is even more incredible. It is precisely because of the lack of records of the Yanhuang era, and most of them are the fabrications of later generations, so the Yanhuang era with strong mythological color is a well-deserved "disappearing" 1500 years.
Later generations' records are confusing
As mentioned above, although the records of the Yanhuang era are blank, the historical data is missing. However, it is precisely for this reason that later generations have a strong interest in this era, so in ancient times, many people also wrote some books about this period.
For example, in the "Records of History", there is a copy of the "Five Emperors Benji", in which you can find content about the Yanhuang Era. But we also know that the "History" is not a work of the Yanhuang era, so the credibility is also average.
Later, it was found that the work of mythological legend of the Yanhuang Era recorded earlier than the "Records of History" was the "Bamboo Book Chronicle". However, this book was actually lost once during the Qin and Han dynasties, and was later re-collected and sorted after great twists and turns. Therefore, the book is not very credible because it is not the original.
There is a lack of historical records, so the current historian's understanding of the 1500 years of the Yanhuang era is actually based on the fragments of words in the historical materials of other eras. Therefore, the Yanhuang era is even more confusing, and the records of this era by later generations are also full of mystery.
Although these stories are fascinating to read and full of strange characters and creatures, this is also invisibly proof that most of the records of this history are actually not very credible.
The reason for the "blank"
As the saying goes, everything has a reason. Why is there a historical record in any period, but there is no such period? There are also many experts and scholars who have analyzed the reasons for this.
First of all, the first major reason recognized by scholars is that in ancient times, due to the backwardness of medical treatment and hygiene, many times the life expectancy of the ancients was not long. Therefore, this is especially true in the Yanhuang era, when people's life expectancy is very short. Recording history is a long time work, but because people's life expectancy is too short, recording history has become a difficult job, so the historical materials of this period are blank.
The second reason is that it is likely that no one at the time recorded this idea of history. We all know that although the previous people also had wisdom, the consciousness in all aspects was certainly not as comprehensive as that of contemporary people, so the people at that time may not realize the importance of recording history, so they rarely recorded the events of that time, which caused a gap in the historical data.
Another important reason may be because it was too inconvenient to record at the time. You should know that at that time, it was too backward, so people's writing was very inconvenient, at that time there should be no paper, there was no specific regular text, so it is conceivable that people's lives are inconvenient, and writing is not convenient. So, this may have prevented people from recording historical events to some extent.
And the last reason is that, according to some words, it should be very turbulent in the Yanhuang era, and natural disasters are continuous. If this is the case, it may be that people want to live a stable life, so there is no stable environment for them to record some historical and current events. Therefore, it has also caused the lack and blankness of historical materials.
A combination of various reasons has caused a gap of 1500 years in China's history. And these 1500 years have left doubts for future generations and also given future generations great imagination space, so this period has become an illusory and mysterious era.
epilogue
Although the 1500 years of Chinese history are relatively blank, we believe that with the development of the times and the progress of science and technology, coupled with the efforts of experts and scholars, the things that have happened in these 1500 years will certainly not disappear, and there will certainly be traces to follow, but it may take a certain amount of time and effort to find out what happened in this history.
Historical materials are very important for any era, and the compilation of history books is not only for the present, but also so that our descendants in the future can understand what is happening at the moment and better understand the development of mankind, so we must have a respectful heart for history.
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