1 thought on “Where did so many books go in ancient times, where did so many books go?”
Andy
Some of the ancient gold had been circulated, while others were lost or disappeared for various reasons. China is not a large country to produce gold, but after thousands of years, there are a lot of gold that has been mined and flowing from abroad. There are quite a few of them. I believe that many people have the ancestral gold ring or other gold jewelry. The local tyrants may also have gold bars and gold ingots. These are gold that has been passed down. It some ancient gold may also be acquired by the government or bank, re -cast, and became a reserve gold. However, in history, there are also many golds lost for various reasons. There are mainly the following situations: . The burial was buried in the underground: When the ancients were buried, there were often many funerals. And the emperor, the official nobles, and the rich family, they will have various funerals including gold when they are buried to enjoy themselves in the underworld. Like the famous Tomb of Haixunhou, since the archeological excavation in 2015, a large number of gold has been discovered, including 478 gold wares such as horseshoe gold, unkind gold, gold cakes, and golden boards, weighing 115 kg. This has not been decorated with the error gold decoration on the bronze ware. The owner of the tomb of Haixun Hou is Liu He, Liu He, Liu He was abolished by Huo Guang in just 27 days of reign. Later, he was afraid of Emperor Han Xuan, and he had been sent to monitor. It can be said that it was a very embarrassing existence. But just such a sea and fainting, there are hundreds of kilograms of gold in the tomb. It can be imagined how much gold will be in the tombs of emperors and nobles of the emperors of the past. Of course, some tombs were stolen by the grave, and gold may be re -circulated, but a considerable part of it must not be discovered, and it is still in the tomb.
Golden cakes in the tomb of Haixun Hou . After the private hiding, forgotten: The currency used most of the ancient China was mainly copper coins, but gold and silver as valuable gold, so there is money People also like to reserve some. In ancient times, there were no banks. Although there were money villages in the Song Dynasty, there were risks after all, so many people buried money underground. Another situation is that during the war, fear of being snatched and buried. Sometimes I forgot to be buried for a long time, or the owner failed to tell future generations for the buried location, then these coins, gold and silver may be buried underground. This wealth sometimes occasionally discovered by other people. Like "Daeye County Chronicle" records, in the thirty -six years of Wanli, the villager Xu Yan discovered the "Golden Cave" when he was founded in Lu Wende's house. There is also Zhang Xianzhong Shen Yin, which was found before, and a large amount of gold. However, some have not been discovered, and it has never been known.
The 50 two gold ingots in Zhang Xianzhong Shen Yinli . Loss abroad: There are two main cases of losing foreign countries. One is the late Qing Dynasty. Because of the aggression of the powers, the Qing government often cut land compensation. In order to raise compensation, the Qing government also searched a large number of folk gold and silver, and many of them flowed into the hands of the powers. Second, the plunder of the powers during the aggression. The aggression is often accompanied by burning and looting, and gold is naturally not let go. During the Sino -Japanese War, according to Japanese information, in North Korea and China, they plundered various currencies and precious metals worth 20 million silver, and many of them were gold. Compared with gold, it is difficult to save ancient books. A considerable part of the facts are damaged due to various factors. Only a few parts are retained: whether it is ancient bamboo slips or later paper books. , Or by the bite of ants, bite ants. If there are still people who pay attention to the preservation of books in the prosperous age and build a book building to save books, books in troubled times are too easily damaged. In addition, books are easily destroyed by the fire. Like the Song Dynasty poet Ye Meng, it is a famous book collector. The book collects 100,000 volumes at home. At home, the Book Pavilion is built to collect books. Unfortunately, the seventeen years of Shaoxing Book Pavilion lost fire, and all the books were turned into ashes.
In addition to various accidents, there are some bibliography incidents, such as Qin Shihuang's burning books and Confucianism, which also artificially caused a large number of books to damage. So many ancient books have been lost in history many times. Like the famous "Shangshu", because of the loss, the scholar Fu Sheng recorded the 28 "Shang Shu" by the scholar Fu Sheng in the memory of the Western Han Dynasty. There is also a "Shang Shu", known as the ancient text "Shang Shu". But sometimes there are unexpected surprises in archeology, such as 2,388 Warring States bamboo slips collected by Tsinghua University in July 2008. Among them, there are many lost ancient documents, which are very precious.
Some of the ancient gold had been circulated, while others were lost or disappeared for various reasons. China is not a large country to produce gold, but after thousands of years, there are a lot of gold that has been mined and flowing from abroad. There are quite a few of them. I believe that many people have the ancestral gold ring or other gold jewelry. The local tyrants may also have gold bars and gold ingots. These are gold that has been passed down.
It some ancient gold may also be acquired by the government or bank, re -cast, and became a reserve gold. However, in history, there are also many golds lost for various reasons. There are mainly the following situations:
. The burial was buried in the underground: When the ancients were buried, there were often many funerals. And the emperor, the official nobles, and the rich family, they will have various funerals including gold when they are buried to enjoy themselves in the underworld. Like the famous Tomb of Haixunhou, since the archeological excavation in 2015, a large number of gold has been discovered, including 478 gold wares such as horseshoe gold, unkind gold, gold cakes, and golden boards, weighing 115 kg. This has not been decorated with the error gold decoration on the bronze ware.
The owner of the tomb of Haixun Hou is Liu He, Liu He, Liu He was abolished by Huo Guang in just 27 days of reign. Later, he was afraid of Emperor Han Xuan, and he had been sent to monitor. It can be said that it was a very embarrassing existence. But just such a sea and fainting, there are hundreds of kilograms of gold in the tomb. It can be imagined how much gold will be in the tombs of emperors and nobles of the emperors of the past. Of course, some tombs were stolen by the grave, and gold may be re -circulated, but a considerable part of it must not be discovered, and it is still in the tomb.
Golden cakes in the tomb of Haixun Hou
. After the private hiding, forgotten: The currency used most of the ancient China was mainly copper coins, but gold and silver as valuable gold, so there is money People also like to reserve some. In ancient times, there were no banks. Although there were money villages in the Song Dynasty, there were risks after all, so many people buried money underground. Another situation is that during the war, fear of being snatched and buried. Sometimes I forgot to be buried for a long time, or the owner failed to tell future generations for the buried location, then these coins, gold and silver may be buried underground.
This wealth sometimes occasionally discovered by other people. Like "Daeye County Chronicle" records, in the thirty -six years of Wanli, the villager Xu Yan discovered the "Golden Cave" when he was founded in Lu Wende's house. There is also Zhang Xianzhong Shen Yin, which was found before, and a large amount of gold. However, some have not been discovered, and it has never been known.
The 50 two gold ingots in Zhang Xianzhong Shen Yinli
. Loss abroad: There are two main cases of losing foreign countries. One is the late Qing Dynasty. Because of the aggression of the powers, the Qing government often cut land compensation. In order to raise compensation, the Qing government also searched a large number of folk gold and silver, and many of them flowed into the hands of the powers. Second, the plunder of the powers during the aggression. The aggression is often accompanied by burning and looting, and gold is naturally not let go.
During the Sino -Japanese War, according to Japanese information, in North Korea and China, they plundered various currencies and precious metals worth 20 million silver, and many of them were gold. Compared with gold, it is difficult to save ancient books. A considerable part of the facts are damaged due to various factors. Only a few parts are retained: whether it is ancient bamboo slips or later paper books. , Or by the bite of ants, bite ants.
If there are still people who pay attention to the preservation of books in the prosperous age and build a book building to save books, books in troubled times are too easily damaged. In addition, books are easily destroyed by the fire. Like the Song Dynasty poet Ye Meng, it is a famous book collector. The book collects 100,000 volumes at home. At home, the Book Pavilion is built to collect books. Unfortunately, the seventeen years of Shaoxing Book Pavilion lost fire, and all the books were turned into ashes.
In addition to various accidents, there are some bibliography incidents, such as Qin Shihuang's burning books and Confucianism, which also artificially caused a large number of books to damage. So many ancient books have been lost in history many times. Like the famous "Shangshu", because of the loss, the scholar Fu Sheng recorded the 28 "Shang Shu" by the scholar Fu Sheng in the memory of the Western Han Dynasty. There is also a "Shang Shu", known as the ancient text "Shang Shu". But sometimes there are unexpected surprises in archeology, such as 2,388 Warring States bamboo slips collected by Tsinghua University in July 2008. Among them, there are many lost ancient documents, which are very precious.
Tsinghua Jane