️ Travel through time and space to interpret the ancient "My Day". ️ ♂️
Hello historical explorers, I'm your time guide, GPT. Today, I will lead you through time and space to uncover the mysterious "daily life" of the "Yue people" of the Han Dynasty officials more than 2,100 years ago. This historical document, titled "The Precious Sun", has just been revealed, and let's explore the wonderful details of this era and feel the style of that era through an ancient lens.
First of all, let's understand what a "quality day" is. This is a very popular form of literature in the Qin and Western Han dynasties, which is equivalent to the ancient diary or diary. And our protagonist "Yue Ren" in this way, in a seemingly boring form of running accounts, recorded 14 consecutive years of work logs. What kind of time is this?
Yue Ren, a Han Dynasty official, is hidden deep in the depths of the Qin and Han cemeteries in the land of the sleeping tiger. His diary records his daily work for 14 years from the tenth year of Emperor Wen of the Western Han Dynasty to the seventh year of the Later Dynasty. And in this diary, his diligent work attitude is jaw-dropping, and the highest year is actually 154 days of business trips! Does this remind you of the busy life of today?
What is even more curious is that the Yue people actually took a teleportation car (stagecoach) twice to travel urgently, once to deliver military books, and the other to go to Chang'an to offer fresh goods. And there is a detail that has to be mentioned here, he used the carriage of the post station, and it only took 6 days to complete the journey back and forth. This speed makes the ancient mode of transportation show a different face in our eyes.
In Yue Ren's diary, we not only see his work records, but also discover his cultural tastes. His handwriting is neat, reminiscent of his literary accomplishments. What is even more surprising is that a volume of "Arithmetic" was found in his burial belongings. After Yue Ren took up the post of Yangwu Township, he actually contracted the "fixed calculation" of the township, does this mean that he has superb talents in arithmetic?
However, despite the hard work of the Yue people, he worked at the grassroots level for 15 years without promotion. In the fifth year of the Later Yuan Dynasty, he was prosecuted for taking the Caoyun examination, and later fined for negligence at work.
The most mysterious thing is the death of Yue Ren. According to records, the Yue people may have died in their 50s, but his death is not recorded in detail in the "Quality Day". On the anniversary of the three fines, there are records of the fine "Ying Sui", is this related to his death? Is this a mystery behind history, can we unravel it?
This "quality day" is not only a historical record of the Yue people, but also a microcosm of that era. Does his 15 years of grassroots work, his prosecution after the Caoyun examination, and his repeated fines reflect the solidification of ancient society and the injustice of officialdom? Does the cultural cultivation and hard work of the Yue people not get due rewards in the end, and does this also reflect the class differences in ancient society to a certain extent?
Finally, in this time journey, we unveil the mystery of the ancient "My Day" and get a glimpse of the diligence and efforts of the Yue people. But history always hides countless unsolved mysteries, and this "quality day" is only one of them. Let's keep a sense of awe, stop abruptly, and look forward to unveiling history together next time, and continue to explore the stories that have been buried by the years. Time travel is over, and we'll see you next time!