Ma Mo, a famous figure in the Three Kingdoms period, is a famous tragic figure in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but his record in the main history is dead. In an archaeological operation, the mystery of Ma Mo's death is expected to be revealed, but because of one incident, archaeologists are completely disappointed. What's going on here? If you want to know, let Xiaobian reveal the secret for you:
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"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is one of the four famous classical masterpieces in China, and the author Luo Guanzhong depicts the grand scene of the war in the late Eastern Han Dynasty with exquisite brushwork, and also praises the glory and courage of the heroes of the chaotic world. In the book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", there are many stories of the popular population, and the tear-jerking horse is one of them. Ma Mo was a member of the army around Zhuge Liang, and he was known for his reading of military books and his intelligence, and was an important think tank around Zhuge Liang. However, Zhuge Liang believed in Ma Mo too much and did not find that this person was a pure theoretician, so he entrusted Ma Mo with the heavy task of stationing at the street pavilion.
Arrogant and arrogant, ma Mo boasted that he had read more than ten thousand volumes, so he placed his soldiers in a lonely mountain, completely ignoring the strong persuasion of the deputy generals, claiming that this move could be condescending and directly disperse the enemy troops who had come to besiege the mountain. However, the result was not as he expected, the Shu army was stationed on the Lonely Mountain, resulting in food and water shortages when surrounded by enemy troops, and eventually led to a major defeat, and Ma Mo also personally asked Zhuge Liang for guilt. Although Zhuge Liang cherished the talents, in order to stabilize the hearts of the army, he had to order people to push Ma Mo out to be beheaded, and thus, the story of the tearful decapitation of Ma Mo was also passed on to future generations.
Although the romance of the Three Kingdoms is extremely storylike, it is always only a novel category, and the content is not fully believed, on the contrary, if you want to investigate the real cause of Ma Mo's death, you must clarify the history. In real history, there are three theories about the death of Ma Mo, and we will talk about it in detail:
The first method of death of Ma Mo is to disappear after absconding in fear of sin. In the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Shu Shu, Xiang Lang Biography", it is clearly recorded that Chen fled, Lang did not know it, and he hated it, and he was dismissed from office and returned to Chengdu. This means that after the Battle of Jieting, Ma Mo did not surrender himself, but absconded in fear of punishment, and since then he has died in the countryside, while Xiang Lang, who is in charge of this matter, does not report it, and is eventually dismissed from his official post by Zhuge Liang as a punishment.
The second way to die is to die of illness in prison. In the "Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Shu Shu, And Biography of Ma Liang", it is recorded that he was imprisoned, and Liang wept for it. This means that Ma Mo was imprisoned for committing a felony, but the prison environment was very bad, so that the well-bred Ma Mo could not adapt quickly, and finally fell ill and died, and Zhuge Liang wept bitterly because of this.
Ma Mo's third method of death is to be beheaded by Zhuge Liang. Judging from the records of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Shushu and Zhuge Liang", the account of the ending of Ma Mo is almost the same as that of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which records more than a thousand families in Liangbaxi County, and also in Hanzhong, the rumors were used to thank the public. That is to say, Zhuge Liang really ordered the execution of Ma Mo.
Which of the above three statements is the most accurate? Historians are also difficult to understand, it seems that only archaeological excavations to find real artifacts can completely unravel the mystery of Ma Mo's cause of death. Coincidentally, the tomb of Ma Mo was indeed unearthed in the 1980s. The tomb of Ma Mo is located near the ancient town of Jieting in Sichuan Province, and its site was discovered by a local farmer. After the investigation and excavation of archaeologists, it was determined that the tomb had never been stolen by tomb thieves, that is, it is likely that some cultural relics of great historical value have been excavated from the tomb.
The entire burial chamber of the Tomb of Ma Mo was built of stone strips, but due to its disrepair, a 2-meter-thick silt was accumulated inside the burial chamber. Archaeologists spent nearly a month cleaning up the silt in the tomb and found that the burial items in the tomb were very rich, including bronze swords, crossbows, bronze mirrors, copper arrow clusters, copper coins, gold-encrusted bronze ceremonial vessels and dozens of other pieces. According to locals, Zhuge Liang lamented the sage after Ma Mo's death, so he ordered him to be buried, so there are also legends of horse mounds, horse mounds, and buried gold and copper. Archaeologists have also confirmed this statement, because according to their experience, although Ma Mo was a close relative of Zhuge Liang, his official position did not conform to his tomb regulations at all, and it can be judged that the high regulation of this tomb was Zhuge Liang's intention.
Just as the archaeologists were happily preparing to continue the excavation, they unexpectedly found a bad result. Originally, because the burial chamber had been eroded by wind and rain for thousands of years, the internal environment was particularly bad, which eventually led to the decay of the coffin and the body of the tomb owner in the tomb, and the research operation could not continue. It is precisely because of this that archaeologists have to admit that the mystery of Ma Mo's death cannot be completely solved.
It has to be said that the decay of the coffin and bones in the tomb of Ma Chen caused an irreparable loss. However, we believe that archaeologists will work tirelessly to unravel the final mystery.
References: Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Chen Shou published by Zhonghua Bookstore
Wen xiucai, editor-in-chief of Wenlan Hairun Studio, written by: Special history writer: Changshan Zhao Zi worm