Qin Shi Huang is not only an emperor through the ages, but also a mythical historical figure. Various ancient books record that Qin Shi Huang once had three secret treasures: the Qin King's Bone Mirror, the Magnet Gate and the Tai'a Sword. Among them, the Qin King's Bone Mirror is an ancient artifact in the tomb robbery novel "Ghost Blowing Lamp", the magnet gate is the north gate of Afang Palace, and the Tai'a sword is the burial item of the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang. Below, let's understand the ins and outs of these three artifacts.
The Qin King's Bone Mirror in "Ghost Blowing Lights" is not a fiction, there is indeed a prototype in history, and in ancient books and folklore, Qin Shi Huang is the owner of this secret treasure of the Qin Palace. In the idiom allusion, there is the term "mirror hanging high", "mirror" is a bronze mirror hanging from the ming dynasty official palace, implying fairness and justice. In fact, this idiom has existed since the Qin Dynasty, and was originally written as "Qin Mirror Hanging High". It refers to the fact that Qin Shi Huang had an artifact that saw through people's hearts, and was called the Qin King's Bone Mirror in later generations.
According to folklore, when King Qin Shi attacked the Six Kingdoms, he obtained many palace treasures. Among them, there are 8 ancient god mirrors, including the Fajia God Mirror and the Qin King Bone Mirror. The Qin King's Bone Mirror was originally hung on the main hall of the Xianyang Palace to prevent assassins, which is the origin of the idiom "Qin Mirror Hanging High". Later, when Qin Shi Huang was touring the east, he accidentally found a giant corpse in the East China Sea, with a body as hard as iron, wearing the costumes of ancient emperors. The alchemist believed that this was a Penglai immortal and suggested that Qin Shi Huang bury it thickly.
Qin Shi Huang buried the bones of the gods and a divine mirror deep in the mountains, and since then the King of Qin's bone mirror has been lost. There are many ancient books in history that record the Qin king's bone mirror, including the Han Dynasty's "Miscellaneous Records of Xijing", the Northern Song Dynasty Shen Kuo's "Chronicle of Kuo Di" and the Ming Dynasty's "Wenhai Pisha". In modern times, experts have researched that the Qin King's bone mirror is a lens, and the Shanghai Museum has 4 Han Dynasty "lens mirrors".
The ancient Han Dynasty book "Three Auxiliary Yellow Figures" records that Qin Shi Huang possessed another artifact, the magnet gate of Afang Palace. Ancient texts record that in 212 BC, Qin Shi Huang built a magnet gate at the North Gate of Afang Palace, similar to today's security inspection passage. All the emissaries who visited Qin Shi Huang must enter through the magnet gate, and if they hid daggers, swords and other iron tools, they would be adsorbed by the magnet gate. As early as the Warring States period, the world's earliest use of magnetic field Sinan has appeared, the magnet gate artifact is possible.
In recent years, archaeological experts have made archaeological discoveries at the site of the Afang Palace in the Qin Dynasty, confirming that the "Historical Records" recorded that Xiang Yu's "burning of the Afang Palace" did not occur, because the Afang Palace was not built. However, the ruins of the North Que Gate do exist. Although no cultural relics have been unearthed, nearby villagers believe that this is the legendary "magnet gate".
Qin Shi Huang's third artifact is the Tai'a Sword, which belongs to one of the "Ten Great Excaliburs of the Ancients". The Tai'a Sword is not a myth or legend, but a real national treasure in history. The Tai'a Sword is the masterpiece of Ou Yezi and Ganjiang, two sword-casting masters, and has always been the treasure of the Chu Kingdom. According to the Book of Yue, in order to obtain the Tai'a Sword, the Jin State did not hesitate to use tens of thousands of people to cut down Chu. The King of Chu swore to die and sank the Excalibur into the bottom of the lake. Later, the Tai'a Sword was obtained by Qin Shi Huang and became a portable sword. Therefore, the Tai'a Sword was also known as the "Sword of the Emperor" by later generations.
If the Ten Ancient Excaliburs really existed, why were they all lost? According to the "Biography of Li Silie" in the "Records of History", Qin Shi Huang brought Hou Zhu, Heshi Bi and Tai'a Jian into the Mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang as burial items. According to archaeologists, other ancient excaliburs, as well as many treasures from the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, are in the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang. Because archaeological excavations cannot be carried out, it may forever become an unsolved mystery.