The history of China is worthy of the history supported by real archaeological materials! The military story of the Qin state 2300 years ago was first presented on the excavated wooden planks. #十大考古发现揭晓 #
China's "First Long Wen Yao" reproduces lost documents, and a major discovery was made in the Zhengjiahu Cemetery of Yunmeng, Hubei Province. #2021年度全国十大考古新发现 #
First of all, let me explain to you: the meaning of gū (觚). There are two interpretations of this word, one is an ancient wine-holding vessel. The second is the wooden Jane used to write in ancient times, which is the story of the Qin Kingdom that we are going to tell today that the "First Long Chinese Literary Treasure" brings us that has never been recorded.
The Changwen Wooden Yao excavated from the Zhengjiahu Cemetery in Yunmeng, Hubei This time is the late Warring States period. The entire text is about 700 words. This piece of wood was unearthed in Tomb No. 274 of Yunmeng. Because of the high water table and the fact that the tomb is sealed with green paste mud, this piece of wood is in a very good state of preservation. We can clearly see that the font of the ink book on the wooden yao is typical of the Qin Lishu.
Everyone must be very curious to know what kind of story of the Qin State is recorded on it? Professional articles are not easy to read, I will briefly introduce the content of the Book of Qin in vernacular: At the end of the Warring States period, the Qin State had a strong momentum, and the five eastern countries united to attack the Qin State, and also won the victory. The five countries felt that they could have capital and the Qin state to negotiate and truce. A strategist named Tú persuaded the King of Qin that he would be satisfied with the superior resources that the State of Qin already had at that time and would not continue to fight around.
So what year or which king is this article that has never appeared in historical texts is talking about? Looking through the historical data, we find that in the middle and late period of the Warring States, the Qin state constantly launched conquests against the eastern countries, and the number of times the eastern countries jointly resisted qin seemed to be only twice.
The first time was in the seventeenth year of king Zhao of Zhou in 298 BC, and in the ninth year of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, the state of Qin had just won a victory against the state of Chu. Qi, Han, and Wei were afraid that the Qin state would continue to expand after it grew larger, so they joined forces to attack the Qin state. After three years of bitter fighting, the United Nations finally defeated the Qin army and invaded Hangu Pass.
The second time was in 247 BC, the third year of the reign of Prince Xiang of Qin, when Wang Zheng of Qin was 13 years old, that is, the year of the throne, the five kingdoms of Wei, Zhao, Han, Chu, and Yan formed a coalition, commanded by the Wei general Xin Lingjun Wuji, to attack the Qin state. They defeated the Qin army outside the river, south of the Yellow River in present-day western Henan, and then took advantage of the victory to pursue the army to Hangu Pass and withdraw.
This time, this piece of wood unearthed from the Zhengjiahu Cemetery in Yunmeng, Hubei Province, if the experts interpret the text correctly, then I feel that it is likely to record the story that occurred after the joint attack of the Five Kingdoms on Qin in 247 BC and the second victory of the Hezhong State. Perhaps the counselor Tú met qin shi huang, who had just ascended the throne, and persuaded the king of Qin to negotiate peace, or perhaps he was persuading Lü Buwei. This ink book is estimated to have been written shortly after about 247 BC. It is also nearly 2300 years old.
This is what we call real history backed by historical materials!