At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and after Dong Zhuo's rebellion, the jade seal was also lost in the chaos. One day, Sun Jian found a dry well on the way to the march, which was quite strange and emitted a strange brilliance, so he ordered people to inquire into it.
Soldiers fished out the jade seal that had been missing for a long time at the bottom of the well. Unexpectedly, the praying mantis catches cicadas, and the yellow finches are behind. Yuan Shu learned of Yuxi's whereabouts and took Yuxi hostage for Lady Sun Jian's life.
Sai Weng lost his horse and knew that it was not a blessing, and Sun Jian missed the jade seal, and invisibly escaped the fate of the fate.
Yuan Shao, because of yuxi's body, was more convinced of the "Mandate of Heaven" and could not wait to ascend the throne as emperor. Who knew that his emperor did not succeed, but was intercepted and killed by Uncle Liu Sent by Cao Cao, and mistakenly killed Qingqing.
In this regard, the jade seal was attributed to Cao Cao, who was blackmailed by the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and with the change of dynasties, he was displaced and fell into different royal nobles.
Why does the jade seal have such a great charm that ordinary people can use it to step up to the sky?
Mr. Jiang Yinlong wrote in "Law Museum: Legal Stories in Cultural Relics": "From a macroscopic point of view, a very important reason why Yuxi has been touted by successive monarchs is that it has successfully opened up a road to legal unification outside of the 'family world', providing a logical starting point for the 'Mandate of Heaven' for all dynasties. ”
That is to say, yuxi is the only reasonable proof of the transition to a foreign family in addition to the succession of the father and son, the brother and the brother to the throne.
Mr. Jiang Yinlong pointed out: "The jade seal is a 'certificate of rights', which means that the imperial power can break through the bloodline and lineage, take root in the new monarch, and thus open up a new era." ”
Whether it is carried by Fengtian, the emperor's edict, the sword of Shangfang, the gold medal of death, or the jade seal; these important certificates of legal rights in Chinese history all carry the change of dynasties and the development of history, and also imply the authority and superstition that "the mandate of heaven cannot be violated".
Mr. Jiang Yinlong has a lot of research on Chinese history and law, and he serves in government departments and is also a special correspondent for the authoritative legal culture column.
He devoted himself to the compilation of the Law Museum, which takes us to a comprehensive interpretation of the legal stories in Chinese historical relics from four aspects: the scepter of the emperor, the symbols of the temple, the lines of the law, and the rules of prison.
In the section on symbols in the halls of the Law Museum, Mr. Jiang Yinlong recounts the small inventions of Wu Zetian, the only "orthodox" empress in Chinese history.
This little invention was called "a small report to the empress". It is a legal artifact that has influenced China's judicial system for hundreds of years: the copper dagger.
In order to strengthen his eyes and ears and collect intelligence, Wu Zetian set up four copper beets of blue, dan, white, and black on the east, west, south, and north sides of the chaotang in order to achieve the goal of "declaring the world unjustly stagnant and reaching the situation of tens of thousands of people." Mr. Jiang then recounted the past and present lives of The Letter of Passage and the lessons learned in China's thousand-year direct litigation system.
In the third chapter, the lines of the law, Mr. Jiang Yinlong tells us about the marriage in history. It is not a graveyard of love nor a mutual delight, but a patriarchal requirement of the Gangchang Ming Sect and a realistic consideration of the door.2
In the traditional Chinese marriage relationship, the marriage certificate is not only a legal constraint and a guarantee of rights, but also a hierarchical class barrier.
As Mr. Jiang Yinlong said: "Although the marriage book is related to marriage, it has nothing to do with feelings after all." ”
In addition, he also recounted the ancient ID card signs, letter transmission and household registration system, the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty king staff system, the Qing Dynasty's system of respecting the elderly, the midnight curfew, the township drinking ceremony, the Spring River banquet of the Tang Dynasty, and the Qionglin banquet of the Two Song Dynasties.
In the fourth chapter of the Law Museum, Mr. Jiang Yinlong tells about the ancient legal "meng beasts" of mankind, the heterogeneity in the Chinese immortal system, the multiple interpretations of the mirror hanging high, the two faces of the temple and the jianghu, and the life and death documents inside and outside the law.
Mr. Jiang Yinlong used detailed story cases to spread out thousands of years of Chinese historical knowledge and art classics to us in a clear and concise manner. In his eloquent narration, more than 20 Chinese legal relics vividly and vividly wrote the Chinese legal culture, and the brilliance of history and culture shone in the text.
History is a kind of memory, and culture is a kind of inheritance. After reading this book, we will have a deep understanding of Chinese cultural relics, and sincerely admire and respect thousands of years of civilization and law.
I am Qingyan, pay attention to me, accompany you to read and see the world.