On October 22, the 34th year of Guangxu, Empress Dowager Cixi, who had exhausted her life's calculations, drove to the west of hexi. During his lifetime, Cixi had great power and majesty, and was also the de facto ruler of the late Qing Dynasty. Her mausoleum was built in great luxury, far exceeding the mausoleum of Ci'an in the main palace, and her funeral objects were innumerable.
However, Cixi, who had an incomparable scenery before her death, was looted by a person after her death, and her bones were ruthlessly discarded, and this person was the bandit leader at that time, Sun Dianying.
But the father is a scum, but the son is a good man. No one would have thought that Sun Tianyi, the son of the tomb robber Sun Dianying, would take a different path from his father.
The Great Thief of Tanglin
Sun Dianying came from a small village in Henan Province, born poor, but he was a sleek and sophisticated person, and Sun Dianying began to roam the rivers and lakes alone at an early age, so he became acquainted with many hooligans. With his fierce style, he also easily became the leader of this group of hooligans.
Later Sun Dianying defected to Chiang Kai-shek's warlords, and in 1922, he defected to Ding Xiangling, the defender of Yuxi Town, and Sun Dianying at that time occupied the mountain with the title of battalion commander.
He became the king of the mountains and has been collecting troops and horses to expand his power.
Although Sun Dianying defected to the warlords, he did not receive much attention, his treatment was not good, and the army's salary could not be paid to him on time, so his economic situation at that time was very bad, and his military camp life was also very difficult.
As the commander of an army, Sun Dianying felt that if he continued to be consumed like this, his soldiers would definitely abandon him, and it happened that Sun Dianying's team was just stationed in the area of Qing Dongling at that time, and this circle of Qing Dongling was the tomb of the emperor, and the gold and silver treasures in the funerary objects must be innumerable, and the overstretched Sun Dianying naturally started the idea of robbing the tomb.
In the history of China, Empress Dowager Cixi, as the second woman to hold the real power of the state after Wu Zetian, the funeral after her death must be extremely luxurious, full of dazzling, a single funeral may be extremely valuable, and when she thinks of this, Sun Dianying finally failed to suppress her greed for money.
In 1928, with a loud noise, the mausoleum of Empress Dowager Cixi was blown open by Sun Dianying and his party with explosives, and then Sun Dianying led his soldiers to frantically search the tomb for gold and silver treasures around Empress Dowager Cixi,and they even washed away the belongings on Cixi's body.
Empress Dowager Cixi's mouth was pried open by them with utensils, and the night pearl contained in her mouth was pocketed by Sun Dianying, and finally Cixi's corpse was mercilessly discarded aside.
The treasure stolen by Sun Dianying and his party was loaded with dozens of horse-drawn carriages.
This is the "Tanglin treasure theft" incident that shocked China and foreign countries in history.
Sun Dianying naturally also became the notorious Tanglin thief.
After the incident of "tanglin treasure theft" was known to the people of the world, it caused a lot of public indignation, and this matter has been widely concerned by people, Sun Dianying not only stole valuable gold and silver treasures, but invisibly he damaged the incomparably precious historical relics in Chinese history. Sun Dianying thus became a sinner for eternity.
Sun Dianying's crime was really unforgivable, and the whole country unanimously demanded that the Nationalist government severely punish Sun Dianying, and after learning of this, Sun Dianying was restless.
Extremely cunning
At home, there were constant calls for Sun Dianying to be brought to justice, so Sun Dianying did not dare to act rashly, and then he took the opportunity to send some of the treasures abroad, which also led to some Chinese cultural logistics to foreign countries.
In order to gain a foothold in the country, Sun Dianying also took some precious jewels to bribe the national officials, and he also gave the night pearl contained in the mouth of Empress Dowager Cixi to Chiang Kai-shek's wife, Song Meiling.
Tempted by Sun Dianying's money, the national officials have long since thrown his crimes behind.
Sun Dianying's digging of the Qing Tomb was gradually quelled, and this ancient sinner finally went unpunished.
After that, he also added a lot of guns and ammunition to his team, and attacked the Japanese with full force, but unfortunately he was defeated, and Sun Dianying finally chose to surrender and become a traitor because he was afraid of the Japanese forces, which was very shameful and disgraceful.
When his life was in danger, Sun Dianying realized the mistake he had made, and he knew: "He should not scatter the precious historical relics of the motherland abroad, he should not blow up the mausoleum and wantonly destroy the cultural relics, he should not abandon his dignity to become a lackey of the Japanese." In the end, tears of remorse were left, but in the end it was too late.
As the saying goes, "If there is a father, there must be a son", Sun Dianying's character is so corrupt, presumably his descendants are not much better, but the truth is just the opposite.
Sun Dianying's only son, Sun Tianyi, was a big man with integrity and admiration.
Son Sun Tianyi
Born in June 1931, Sun Tianyi was a native of Yongcheng, Henan, the only son of Sun Dianying, a non-partisan and thief from Tanglin.
Sun Tianyi has loved learning since he was a child, and he has a special love for foreign language translation. When he learned that his father was an ancient sinner who stole the mausoleum, he did not live in the shadow of the "tomb robber's son" because of his father's influence, but lived an optimistic life and insisted on doing what he loved.
When he was slandered by some gossip, he would remember what his mother said to him: "You are different from your father, you are kind and righteous." With the encouragement of his mother, Sun Tianyi worked harder and actively improved himself.
Later, he also donated the cultural relics stolen by Sun Dianying in his family to the state.
However, in the process of Sun Tianyi's growth, he actually did not have a smooth life, because he was the son of Sun Dianying, and after the founding of New China, he was still often used as a negative teaching material. But Sun Tianyi still stood up strongly, because he was bent on contributing to the country to make up for his father's crimes.
Because he was very talented in learning languages, Sun Tianyi was admitted to the famous Beijing Fu Jen University with his excellent results.
After graduation, he has been teaching at Xi'an Foreign Chinese College, cultivating many language talents who can contribute to society, and in the following years he has translated many literary works, which have had an important impact on Chinese literature.
In addition to his deep achievements in foreign language translation, Sun Tianyi is also proficient in the knowledge of cultural relics protection, which can be said to be an expert in cultural relics protection, and his life has been vigorously protecting and repairing ancient cultural relics, which may be his compensation for the crimes committed by his father Sun Dianying.
In his later years, he also became the guardian of the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum.
In 1959, when Sun Tianyi first saw the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum, the majestic image of the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum deeply touched him, he believed that this was the root of Chinese national culture, the inviolability of the Holy Spirit, and the idea of guarding and repairing the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum appeared in his mind.
After years of hard work, he became the president of the Yellow Emperor Mausoleum Foundation, and has been silently guarding it to this day.
Although Sun Tianyi's father is an ancient sinner who has committed heinous crimes, Sun Tianyi is not affected by his father at all, but bravely bes himself, strives to contribute to society, and uses his own little actions to prove himself and make up for the mistakes of his fathers in the past.