Occasionally reading the "Complete Works of His Holiness Zibai", I was deeply touched by a sentence: "A thousand-year dark room, a lamp is bright". Although this sentence is a Zen phrase, it is using the "thousand-year dark room" to refer to the "immeasurable ignorance" of sentient beings, and the metaphor of "one lamp is light" to refer to the enlightenment of one thought. Therefore, when a person's enlightenment arises, he disappears without a name, and the lamp of the mind is always bright. At this time, the last study suddenly thought that the human heart can get a "long bright lamp", and in response to the material world in our ordinary world, is there really a "long bright lamp" in the world?
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > introduction</h1>
Although people think that this is an incredible thing, to this day, there are still many people who believe that there is a changming lamp in the tomb of Zhuge Liang, the name of Shu during the Three Kingdoms period, and it can be "immortalized for a thousand years".
Why? Because Zhuge Liang is a master of using lamps in the hearts of everyone.
First of all, he once used the "Seven Star Lamp" to renew his life. Although wei yan finally failed to stir up the situation, it could only be regarded as an accident.
Zhuge Liang, a master of lamps, once used the "Seven Star Lamp" to continue his life
Secondly, "Kong Ming Lantern" also has a lot to do with Zhuge Liang. Legend has it that it was invented by Zhuge Liang.
According to legend, during a battle between Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, Zhuge Liang was besieged. When the whole army was helpless, Mr. Kong Ming came up with a brilliant plan:
He ordered people to bring thousands of pieces of white paper, made countless sky lanterns, and used the gravitational pull of the smoke upwards to carry these lamps into the air. At the same time, he made the soldiers shout loudly in the camp: "Mr. Zhuge is sitting on the sky lantern to break through!" Mr. Zhuge broke through with the sky lantern! ......”。 This plan was really good, and Sima Yi really believed it, and felt that since Zhuge Liang was no longer among them, he still had to withdraw his troops. As a result, Kong Ming lantern saved the lives of Kong Ming and all the soldiers of the army.
The Kong Ming Lantern that flew between Zhuge Liang's heavens and the earth
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > where did the idea that there was a "changming lamp" in Zhuge Liang's tomb come from? </h1>
Zhuge Liang, a famous figure in Chinese history during the Three Kingdoms period, everyone at the time knew that "Liang rarely had the talent of Yiqun, the instrument of heroism", and there were rumors in the world that "Wolong (Zhuge Liang) Phoenix Chick, get a peace in the world"... All these show the indispensable social influence of Zhuge Liang in the three kingdoms era in history, in addition, resourcefulness, the use of soldiers like gods, and clever calculations, these historical words of praise are also the labels that the world has labeled Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang once used to use the tricks of the bag, the empty city plan, etc., as well as the burning of Chibi, the straw boat to borrow arrows... The way of using divine martial arts to use soldiers has been regarded as a good story throughout the ages.
It can be said that Zhuge Liang, in the eyes of the world, is simply a god-like figure, then, his tomb has the existence of "Changming Lantern", and his mythical image is simply a reasonable existence. Although, at present, in the Wuhou Ancestral Hall in Chengdu, only Zhuge Liang's crown tomb is buried, but in fact, everyone does not know where Zhuge Liang was really buried.
Legend has it that Zhuge Liang's tomb has the existence of a "Changming Lantern"
Because, after Zhuge Liang's death, in order to avoid the disturbance of Sima Yi and others, everyone only knows that he was buried in Dingjun Mountain (Mian County, Shaanxi), but the specific location is still unknown. According to the Notes on the Water Classics:
"Buried in its mountain, because of the terrain, it does not bear the grave."
Folklore: Zhuge Liang's tomb "Changming Lantern" was once seen by Liu Bowen
In the folk, there was once a legend that Liu Bowen began to feel a little fluttery after helping Zhu Yuanzhang to unify the world. Liu Bowen felt that his success was incomparable to zhuge liang, who was a clever and ingenious person during the Three Kingdoms period. There has always been a saying that there is such a saying:
"Zhuge Liang in three parts of the world, Liu Bowen in the country and mountains." Zhuge Liang, a former imperial military division, and Liu Bowen, a later Dynasty military division. ”
In folklore, Liu Bowen once encountered Zhuge Liang's changming lamp: "Berwyn, hurry up and add oil to me"
In Liu Bowen's view, although Zhuge Liang has always been portrayed by people as the divine embodiment of wisdom, however, although Zhuge Liang has the wisdom of the world, he did not help Liu Bei unify the Three Kingdoms after all, but only fulfilled Liu Bei's three-legged "three divisions of the world". And now, although he is inferior to Zhuge Liang in the strategy of fighting wars and using soldiers, he has helped Zhu Yuanzhang to lay the whole world and create a Ming Dynasty.
One day, Liu Bowen visited Zhuge Liang's mausoleum with full pride, and he found that the lights in Zhuge Liang's tomb were actually on, and there was a text description, which read, "Berwyn, quickly add oil to me." When Liu Bowen saw this, he was very surprised, because he never expected that Zhuge Liang, who was separated from him by more than a thousand years in time and space, could actually calculate my (Liu Bowen's) visit a thousand years later. Since then, liu Bowen has always thought about this matter, and his attitude has indeed been very humble.
Historical events: Zhuge Liang's tomb has "Changming Lantern" and those traces that have been found
In history, it can be said that there is a record of whether Zhuge Liang's tomb has a "changming lamp", and it can be said that the relevant historical documents can hardly be found, but posterity can deduce some clues based on the storyline recorded by some historical events.
Even Sima Yi finally said: Zhuge Liang put a "long bright lamp" for himself
Jin Chen Shou's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Shushu, and Zhuge Liang's Biography" mentions that in 231 AD, Zhuge Liang confronted the Wei army on the southeast bank of The Water, when Zhuge Liang suddenly fell ill due to his long-distance travel of chariots and horses, coupled with day and night labor for military affairs. Zhuge Liang foresaw that time was running out, so he summoned Jiang Wei, Ma Dai, and others to arrange the aftermath. Zhuge Liang instructed Yang Yi: "After I die, don't mourn, you can make a big niche, put my body in the niche, put rice grains in your mouth, and light a long lamp at your feet." ”
It is from this source that people feel that there should be a "changming lamp" in Zhuge Liang's tomb. Moreover, in our real life, there are indeed many news events of ancient tombs discovering "changming lanterns", and they have been spread as anecdote. As for the reason, few people can really understand it.
The legendary "Changming Lantern"
The synthesis is two rumors: Here it can only be determined that the origin of the true theory of "Changming Lantern" in Zhuge Liang's tomb should be a kind of "emotional conjecture" that people have placed on Zhuge Liang. People feel that Zhuge Liang, who is ingenious and calculating, was born extraordinary, and then the fact that there is a "Changming Lantern" in the tomb should also conform to his characteristics, and moreover, Zhuge Liang once cultivated and is also a person who has penetrated the mysteries of heaven and earth, and everything (especially the Changming Lantern) will naturally be in his mastery. Therefore, many people prefer to believe that there is a long lamp that "will not be extinguished for a thousand years" in Zhuge Liang's tomb.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Zhuge Liang's tomb if there is really a "Changming Lamp", what do you think of this problem? </h1>
At present, although we cannot really examine whether Zhuge Liang's tomb really exists or does not have a Changming lamp from folklore and some fragments of historical memory that are not very accurate, through the folk legend about the existence of "Changming Lantern" in Zhuge Liang's tomb, Zhuge Liang left Liu Bowen's text prompt "Berwen, hurry up and add oil to me", we can find out a problem. Even if the "Changming Lantern" in Zhuge Liang's tomb really exists, then the myth of the "Changming Lantern" in Zhuge Liang's tomb "thousand years of immortality" needs at least a certain amount of fuel to be supported, otherwise, it is impossible to achieve permanent longevity without the provision of any energy.
The "Long Bright Light" in History
At least, the so-called "Changming Lamp" in Zhuge Liang's tomb also needs to be added once every thousand years. Because from the beginning of Zhuge Liang's Three Kingdoms period to the Ming Dynasty where Liu Bowen was located, the time span between this is just a fraction of a thousand years.
Judging from the stories of folklore, Zhuge Liang left a message asking Liu Bowen to add oil to his "Changming Lamp", which can very well explain the precondition for Zhuge Liang's "Changming Lantern" to be immortal for a thousand years, it must be sufficient fuel to maintain, when the fuel is burned out, if there is no new fuel supplied in time, then the legendary "Changming Lamp" in Zhuge Liang's tomb will no longer exist. However, the fuel used in the "Changming Lamp" in Zhuge Liang's tomb will be much more durable than the fuel used in our daily oil lamps, so it is possible to realize the immortal myth and span thousands or even thousands of years.
It can be seen that if all fuel support is abandoned, and the "long light" that truly exists independently is just like the human perpetual motion machine that cannot be realized, it is just a fantasy science fiction myth.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > in human history, the discovery of "changming lamp" is not an isolated case? </h1>
Theoretically, we may think that the real "Changming Lantern" is unlikely to exist, but some people will say, you are wrong, the ancient can not be mentioned, it is just modern, there are many places in the tombs have really witnessed the phenomenon of "Changming Lantern". This has been recorded both abroad and at home.
The basic consistency is that the burial chamber is open and the lights are on. People have indeed seen such an astonishing phenomenon, and more than once.
Abroad: Historical records about the "Changming Lantern"
Similar to the tomb "changming lamp", in foreign countries such as:
Example 1: In 1400 AD, a "long lamp" was found in the tomb of Peles, the son of the ancient Roman king, and it burned for 2000 years. And this lamp is not afraid of feng shui, and it cannot be extinguished. In the end, it had to end its "long-lived" life by sucking away all the lamp oil (a mysterious liquid).
The lamp in the tomb of the ancient Roman prince Peles burned for 2,000 years
Example 2: In 1534 AD, a "long lamp" was found in the tomb of the father of the Roman Emperor Constantine, and it burned for a period of 1234 years.
Example 3: In 1540 AD, the "Long Lantern" was also found in the tomb of the daughter of the ancient Roman statesman Cicero, and it burned for a period of 1584.
But unfortunately, the so-called "long lights" that circulated in these histories basically began in the war period and were finally destroyed in the war during the war. That is to say, except for some written reports, posterity cannot witness, cannot witness, cannot witness, and cannot seek the image it once left behind (there was no camera at that time).
Domestic: Accounts of the incident in which the "Changming Lantern" was discovered
First, the historical records of the ancients said:
In China, through historical materials, you can actually find some sayings about "changming lamps". Among them, the most historical authority is also the source of the earliest record of the existence of "Changming Lantern" in Tombs in China, which originates from the "Records of History" written by Sima Qian.
There is a passage in the "Records of History" that says that there are hundreds of "bright lamps" in the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, all of which are oiled with "mermaid paste", which can be preserved for eternity.
The "Chronicle of History" records that there are hundreds of "bright lights" in the tomb of Qin Shi Huang
Second, modern archaeological statements:
On May 17, 1956, in the "active excavation of ancient tombs" plan first proposed in China, when excavating the "Dingling Tomb" of the Wanli Emperor (Emperor Mingshen Zhu Yijun), when experts found the altar of the ancient tomb, they suddenly found a large vat with burning flames. At the time, experts were indeed frightened by such a scene. Then, when the experts looked into the cylinder again, it turned out that there was a very thick wick inside, and there was more than half a cylinder of "lamp oil".
Wanli Emperor "Dingling" once found "Changming Lantern"
Third, the "long bright lamp" that still exists to be witnessed in the world:
Perhaps, some people have heard that in the Wudang Mountains, there is still a realistic version of the "Changming Lantern" that has burned for 600 years and has not been extinguished. Therefore, all those who travel to Wudang Mountain, many people do not forget to visit this "Changming Lantern" full of historical years.
Wudang Mountain still has a "changming lamp" that has been lit for 600 years
If this lamp is observed from the wick and lamp oil, it is nothing special about the wick and lamp oil that we usually use, however, the Taoist monks in the mountains have repeatedly affirmed that this lamp has indeed lasted for 600 years without being extinguished, of course, experts have also done more than one study and hypothesis for its magic, and finally can't say why.
Through the above content, we can see that the saying about the "Changming Lantern" has been mentioned many times in history, and it has also been discovered, and the reality can also be seen, so the ancients mentioned the "Changming Lantern", which also includes the saying that Zhuge Liang's tomb has "the Changming Lantern will not be extinguished for a thousand years", which may not be all imaginary.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > exploration: How did the "Changming Lamp" in the ancient tomb achieve "Changming"? </h1>
Historical Q&A: How did the "Changming Lantern" in the Wanli Emperor's "Dingling Tomb" realize Changming?
In the "Changming Lantern" incident of the Wanli Emperor's "Dingling", the experts finally found that the "lamp oil" in the cylinder was originally made of "beeswax" (a fatty substance secreted by the "worker bee").
At the same time, experts also found white phosphorus in this ancient tomb.
Therefore, experts on the "Changming" method of displaying the "Changming Lantern" in the tomb in front of the world are explained in this way:
Experts believe that the "changming lamp" in the ancient tomb exhausts the oxygen in the tomb during the initial combustion, and will naturally extinguish in the anaerobic state, so when people open the tomb, they will be surprised to find that after thousands of years of combustion, the lamp oil has not been used up, and it is even sufficient. And why is the light on when the burial chamber is open? This is because the oxygen of the tomb will be quickly filled in the moment the tomb is opened, and the white phosphorus of the tomb will instantly ignite itself when it encounters the flowing air, thus making the Changming lamp naturally ignited.
This is the truth that has always been difficult for people to understand why there was a "long lamp" in the tombs of the ancients.
On-site puzzle: Wudang Mountain has burned for 600 years and has not been extinguished, and how is the "Changming Lantern" that is still burning today be realized?
If the Changming Lantern that existed in the tombs of the ancients was caused by special fuels, as well as materials and environments with special physical characteristics, then what is the "Changming Lantern" that has not been extinguished for 600 years in Wudang Mountain?
In the end, someone helped solve the mystery: when the "Changming Lantern" of Wudang Mountain replaced the lamp oil and wick, it was to guide the original flame to another wick, wait for the original lamp to change the wick and lamp oil, and then continue to lead the flame to the original position, so as to retain the original fire to achieve the Changming of the "Changming Lamp" in Wudang Mountain.
From this point of view, the "Changming Lamp" that has not been extinguished for 600 years in Wudang Mountain, in the original meaning of extinguishing, is not a wick in the true sense of not extinguishing, but means that the flame on the oil lamp has not been extinguished, and has been burning for 600 years!
It turns out that the magical changming lamp also needs to meet the "time and place and people"
Therefore, we finally understand that the lamps in history that have been rumored and discovered by people and called "Changming Lanterns", they can only be presented to the world for thousands of years, in fact, they are also very consistent with the current scientific logic, such as the particularity of the environment and materials, in addition, they also integrate the special application of the wisdom of the ancients in the operation method, which is the ancient myth that contributes to the immortality of the historical "Changming Lantern", rather than the immortality of the isolated existence of the gods.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > concluding remarks</h1>
Since there really has been a "Changming Lantern" in history, and it can also be explained by our current scientific view, then, now back to the main topic, is it impossible for the "Changming Lantern in Zhuge Liang's tomb to not be extinguished for a thousand years"?
From the perspective of historical research, although there is no absolute historical document that Zhuge Liang once put a "changming lamp" in his tomb. However, from people's scientific arguments for the realization of the "Changming" principle of "Changming Lantern", its real existence is not all imaginary. At least, it can have and can be long-lived, but it will definitely not be its own magical longevity without any auxiliary materials.
To this day, the phenomenon of "Changming Lantern" in history is still controversial, but it is strange why so many legends of Changming Lantern have not been preserved to this day, most of which give the theory that as long as the "Changming Lantern" is alive, it will eventually be destroyed in various inexplicable ways. Therefore, the secret of the "long light" in history is difficult for people to really uncover to this day. What a shame!
Changming lamp, always give the world a suspense!
At the end, not only did he sigh, Wuhou Zhuge Liang really lived up to his reputation, and to this day, he left to our gang not only the "Thousand Generations one watch" (referring to the "Table of The Master"), which everyone in the world praised, but also the "Thousand Generations one lamp" that everyone in the world wanted to know that the answer was magical. Perhaps, this is exactly where Zhuge Liang deserves admiration and cannot be underestimated.
References: Jin Chen Shou, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Shushu, Zhuge Liang's Biography", "Records of History", "Notes on the Water Classics"
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