Chapter 990 Wei Daozi

Those dark things are bamboo pieces about twenty centimeters long and only a little over one centimeter wide.

Bamboo fragments are not like these megalithic buildings that can withstand the polishing of time. Even if they are sealed and preserved in relatively good condition, they cannot completely remain unchanged. After carbonization and decay, they will become what they are now.

This is - a ruler!

That is, the bamboo pieces of bamboo slips.

And they are bamboo pieces used by the people to write letters. This can be seen from the length. The ones about one foot are basically used among the people, while the ones about three feet are used for imperial edicts, and the ones about two feet are used for copying scriptures.

, which have very strict regulations.

It seems...this is indeed something left by my ancestor.

He should be from the Shang Dynasty. In the consciousness of most people, they probably think that the writing materials of the Shang Dynasty are oracle bones and bells and tripods. After all, the Shang Dynasty characters currently excavated appear on oracle bones and bells and tripods.

This is definitely a wrong perception. Oracle bones are only used for divination, etc., while bells and tripods are ritual vessels and important tools. Of course, they may also be cooking utensils, but after all, these are unconventional materials, and they are the reason why they were discovered.

, for one reason - these things can withstand the polishing of time.

In fact, the main writing material in the Shang Dynasty was also bamboo slips. This can be seen from the "book" and "code" mentioned in the oracle bone inscriptions. It cannot be preserved because its material is bamboo, and here because of the seal,

The bamboo slip records left by the Heavenly Officials have actually been preserved. It is definitely the first in the world to be released, and its value is immeasurable...

Of course, it's worth more to me.

There are small characters written on the bamboo slips with a brush, which is normal. Although it is said that the brush was invented by Meng Tian and supposedly appeared in the Warring States Period. In fact, this is also a wrong perception. According to modern archaeological discoveries, the brush

It appeared as early as 5,000 years ago, and the prototype of the writing brush was even discovered in the Yangshao Cultural Site more than 6,000 years ago.

I also asked Zhang Yao, and it was true that they used brushes at that time, but they were not the current wolf hair brushes, which are made of the hair on the tail of the weasel, but were made of rabbit hair, called rabbit hair.

In fact, rabbit hair is better than wolf hair in writing, but the raw materials are no longer available. The ancients often said that Zhongshan rabbit is the best for making pens. It is fat and long. It is probably the rabbit in the Taihang Mountains today. However, today's pen-making experts

This kind of rabbit has not been found in the Taihang Mountains at all. Among all the rabbits in the country, the ones with the longest hair are the rabbits on the other side of the Yangtze River. The reason can be imagined. The ancients said that the sharp strokes of the pen will kill all the Zhongshan rabbits, which can be seen.

There is an exaggerated saying that the brush made from rabbit hair contains half of the secret of calligraphy in the Jin and Tang Dynasties.

It can be seen how big the difference is in the writing effect!

Even if it falls on the heritage of our family, which has little artistic talent, it still has an advantage. The words on the bamboo slips are written in ink, which is the least likely to change and can be preserved for a long time. The words are written in sacrificial inscriptions. How are those?

The strange words that seem obscure actually create a sense of elegance.

I have read many manuscripts left by my ancestors, and this ancestor's calligraphy may be the best. Although the bamboo slips are corrupt, the handwriting on them is still clear and does not affect reading.

Unfortunately, the bamboo slips had fallen apart, and the bamboo pieces were scattered into a pile. When the antelope spirit brought them back, they were even more mixed up, and the order was completely disrupted.

What Wushuang took out was only a very small part of it. I took a few glances and found that I recognized the sacrificial inscriptions. The other party did not use the profound sacrificial inscriptions in Tianguan Juque and Xuanhuang Nine Burials, just because the content was incoherent.

, if the previous sentence does not follow the next sentence, it is impossible to read!

"Reading the sacrificial texts is already strenuous enough, let alone reading the sacrificial texts like this. The arrangement work is also a big workload."

I sighed and took another look at the thin stone slabs brought back by the Antelope Spirit. They were relatively well preserved, but I didn’t recognize the words on them. They were the words on the gold cards we received. They may now be around the world.

Only Qian Guangqi could read this kind of writing, so I could only gather my thoughts, put away the bamboo slips again, stood up and said: "It's almost time to rest, we should go back..."

Before I finished speaking, Zhang Yao's voice suddenly sounded in my mind: "If you take out those bamboo slips again, I want to read the words on them..."

This girl... has been diving all the time and rarely shows up. Her sudden words really startled me.

She doesn’t know the ritual text!

Could it be that...

With an idea in my mind, I took out a few more bamboo slips and put them together for her to compare and observe.

After a moment, she sighed: "It is indeed... Wei Daozi!"

Wei Daozi? Is he the official who sealed this place?

She...knows this person!!

This is an unexpected surprise.

Due to the inaccuracy of the chronology, I only know that the ancestors of the seal here are from the Shang Dynasty. However, it is not clear which period he was from during the 600 years since the Yin and Shang Dynasties existed. Although Yao Yao was the princess of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, she may not be from the Shang Dynasty.

You must know him.

What's more, I have already learned from Mao Yao that the official relationship with the imperial court was not that close during the Yin and Shang Dynasties!

It was only after the Zhou Dynasty established the Zhou Rites that ritual officials truly entered the political stage.

During the Yin and Shang Dynasty, those responsible for divination and sacrifices were basically the royal family of the Yin and Shang Dynasties. The ritual officials were relatively more hidden. Only some of them had contact with them, and most of them were Xianyun Yehe, so even Mao Yao couldn't tell.

What was the status of the ritual officials family at that time, how many members there were, and how many masters there were.

"You... know him? This... Wei Daozi..."

"..."

"I don't know him...but I have heard about him. There are some letters from him stored in the palace of Queen Fuhao. I have seen them before. The handwriting is exactly the same as this one, although the letters are not written in sacrificial inscriptions."

Zhang Yao was a little excited: "I didn't expect it to be him, he... is a legend!!

As early as when King Wu Ding came to the throne, he was famous all over the world. He was proficient in astronomy and geography, and could understand the changes of the five elements. He was even a great strategic master.

When King Wu Ding came to the throne, he visited famous people all over the world, and most of them were accepted. Only Wei Daozi visited him several times and refused to be born. Instead, the two became good friends.

At that time, there were Shuofang, Tufang and other barbarians harassing the surrounding area. They came and went like the wind. Our warriors from the Great Shang could not often catch their traces. The ministers in the court thought that it was useless and harmful to attack them, so King Wu Ding talked with Wei Daozi at night.

The Master of Wei Dao said that he must attack him.

As a result, the subsequent strategy of dividing the troops was adopted, and small-scale troops were continuously used, and the northwest was finally pacified.

It was also at that time that Wei Daozi and Queen Fuhao got to know each other. Fuhao also consulted Wei Daozi countless times and left many letters.

Later, when those blue-eyed barbarians came, the queen's wife was seriously injured. When I was about to receive my order, I heard her sigh - it's a pity that Wei Daozi is no longer alive, otherwise, there might be a better strategy to defeat the enemy."

"..."

Wei Daozi.

I remembered this name deeply.

"Besides these, is there anything else?"

"..."

"Well, that's about all I know."

Zhang Yao paused, and then said in a strange tone: "However, I heard that this man... has a very bad character! Both King Wu Ding and Queen Fuhao highly praised his talent, but every time he mentioned it, everyone

When they tasted it, they all gnashed their teeth. King Wu Ding angrily scolded him for being a bird-eyed thief, and the queen's wife also gritted her teeth and said, "It's just a common man with a long beard, a big nose, and rat teeth..."

Ahem, if you really think about it, compared with your ancestors of all generations, your character and character should be the best, right?"

This...is nothing!

Bird-eye thief, are you mocking your small eyes?

As for the big beard and big head, the big nose and rat teeth, this is even more excessive. What’s wrong with a bigger nose? What’s wrong with bigger fangs?

…

I was speechless for a while, touched my nose, gave a wry smile, waved my hand, and said to the antelope spirit: "Take the two children and come with us. This place is going to change. Follow us... Yes

Your only way to survive!"

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(I have been working on it for about ten days in a row. Let me take a day off. I will update one today and resume two updates tomorrow. I’m sorry that I can’t return to three updates as planned this month because I have two updates after the middle of the month and the 20th.
Chapter completed!