The national treasure Zeng Houyi chimed the bell: Why did the owner's identity become a secret?

1September, 977, people stationed in Leigudun, a suburb of Sui County, Hubei Province (now Suizhou City, Hubei Province) accidentally discovered the tomb of Zeng Houyi in the early Warring States Period, which is a "super tomb" with an area six times larger than that of Mawangdui Han Tomb in Changsha. In May of the following year, the discovery of the bells of Zeng Houyi made the discovery of Zeng Houyi's tomb even more significant, because this set of bells is not only exquisite, but also magnificent, which is called a "rare treasure". There are eight groups of 56 big clocks, Jason Chung and Modesty Bell, all made of bronze, with a total weight of 2567 kg. What surprises modern people even more is that the range of Zeng Houyi's chime spans five and a half octaves, only one octave less than that of modern piano, and the central range is 12 semitones. In a word, the discovery of bells by Zeng Houyi was in the archaeological history of China. The chimes in Ceng Houyi are now owned by the state. When it was cast 2,500 years ago, its owner was none other than Ceng Houyi in its name. What kind of person is Ceng Houyi? There are no clues in the history books, and archaeologists can only speculate from the funerary objects in his tomb. Archaeologists believe that Ceng Houyi is a musician, because there are a large number of various musical instruments in his tomb, and there are rich inscriptions on them. They also think that Ceng Houyi is a military strategist, because his grave contains advanced weapons and equipment for vehicle warfare. But these are just speculations. What can really be determined is Ceng Houyi's name, identity and age of life. Judging from his name, he should be the monarch of Zeng Guo, his name is B, and his title is the second of Wang Zizhong. According to the data of carbon 14, scientists determined that Ceng Houyi was born around 475 BC and died around 4 15 BC, that is, he lived in the 5th century BC. Surprisingly, the relevant personnel rummaged through the relevant history books, but couldn't find a word about Ceng Houyi, let alone Ceng Houyi, not even a word about Zeng Guo. 1978 Zeng Houyi's chime was unearthed in Sui County, Hubei Province. In the ancient tombs of Zeng State in Sui County, Ge, a master of Sui State, was also found. This Ge belongs to the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, and the inscription "Go with Fu Xian" is clearly engraved on the blade. There is more than one place to follow the country recorded in the history books. For example, "Zuo Zhuan" has "Huan Gong six years, Chu Wuwang invaded it"; For another example, according to historical records, King Zhao of Chu died and ran away. Emperor Yungong tried to kill Wang Zhao, and Wang Zhao and Yungong ran away with him. "So, what is the relationship between Zeng Guo and Sui Guo? At present, there are four main views on this issue. One is once, and the other is to follow, and the two should not be confused; Second, it was destroyed, according to its territory; Third, with the demise of Zeng, Yan Ji was named Zongsi; Fourth, the early state of Zeng was destroyed by Chu. After Chu was destroyed, another Zeng state was enfeoffed by various places. But I think there should be another explanation-Zeng is the same, the same is Zeng, and the same country is another name for Zeng. It was once called Sui State because its capital was in Sui, just as Shang moved its capital to Yin and Wei was called Liang because its capital was in Liang. According to the existing historical records, Zuo Qiuming, the author of Zuo Zhuan and a historian of Lu State, first called it a vassal state. This is to avoid confusion with Shan State near Lu State, just like calling Wei Guo to separate it from Wei State. By the way, information about the country. Zhi is the vassal state of Qu Lie, the second son of Shao Kang, the monarch of Xia Dynasty. It started in Fangcheng, Henan Province, and then moved to Lanling area in the south of Shandong Province, close to the then state of Lu. After Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, the branch state was destroyed by the state of Ju in the Spring and Autumn Period of 567 BC, and it existed for 1500 years. After the death of Zhi, the king of Wu fled to neighboring Lu with the pain of national subjugation. Later, his descendants removed the word "Zhi" from the city (that is, next to the ear) as their own surname, indicating that they would never forget and miss their homeland. For more than 2,000 years, people surnamed Zeng have always claimed that they are all descendants of Wu Wang, a descendant of Yu. "There is no such thing in the world." "Coincidentally, after the demise of the Sui State (Zeng State), which was famous as a big country in the Eastern Han Dynasty, people who followed it took the Sui State as their surname to commemorate the old country, and later became the current Sui surname in the Sui Dynasty. The history of Zeng and Sui surnames seems to tell us that the northern state of Zhi died first, the Yi people took Zeng as their surname, and the southern state of Zeng died later. Zeng people could no longer take Zeng as their surname, so as not to be confused with foreigners, so they took another country as their surname, which led to the Sui Dynasty and later Sui Dynasty. Finally, it should be noted that the surname of Sui did not exist before the Sui Dynasty, because the word "Sui" was a new word created by Emperor Wendi of Sui, who created the country name of Da Sui by removing the traditional Chinese characters attached to it. Night Wolf Literature and History Studio Writer: Yi Jiangnan