Tomb raiding legend part 1
Wu Zixu, a doctor of the State of Wu at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, is one of the figures written in the history books of China. He was originally a famous historical figure. Judging from the cultural history of grave robbery in China, he is also a heavyweight who digs graves, and he also took a whip and vented his anger on the corpse. He is the most evil grave digger.
Wu Zixu was sealed in Shendi, so he was also called Xu Shen, a native of Chu (his home is now Lailong Town, Suqian City). After entering Wu, he assisted He Lv, the king of Wu, cultivated the legal system with Ren Xian's ability, rewarded farmers with real warehouses, and sent troops to Wu Zixu to govern the battlefield. Such as Sun Wu, such as Gou Jian, Sun Wu, and Yue Wang Shi, who are proficient in the art of war, were recommended by Wu Zixu as generals of the State of Wu. Shi, one of the four beauties in the history of China, is also famous for her feud with Wu Zixu. At that time, Wu Zixu suggested killing Gou Jian, the King of Yue, but the lecherous King of Yue did not listen. So he tried to dedicate the stone to the king of Wu, alienating the relationship between the king of Wu and Wu Zixu, which led to the death of Wu Zixu.
Wu Zixu became a famous poacher in China history because of his hatred with King Chu Ping before he left Wu. According to Zuo Zhuan, in 522 BC (the 23rd year of Zhou Jing), his father and brother were both killed by King Chu Ping, and Wu Zixu was forced to flee from the State of Wu, vowing to overthrow the State of Chu and avenge himself. In 506 BC, after Sun Wu conquered the city of Chu and gained the status of the Five Overlords in the Spring and Autumn Period, Wu Zixu also found the opportunity to avenge his father and brother. It is said that the first thing Wu Zixu wanted to do after he entered Chu was to find the tomb of King Chu Ping, who died soon, and he began to look for it for a day. The reason is that King Chu Ping, in order not to let the tomb site be known, ordered all the craftsmen who participated in the tomb repair to be killed, and an old craftsman who escaped by luck was responsible. Wu Zixu successfully dug up the tomb of King Chu Ping, dug up his body and whipped him until he stopped. Another story about flogging a corpse is that Wu Zixu caught King Chu, the son of King Chu Ping, and tortured him, forcing him to tell the whereabouts of his father's grave. Wu Zixu succeeded.
It is also recorded in historical records, but Sima Qian thinks that Wu Zixu's behavior is too much, saying that resentment is cruel to people. Modern academic circles have also triggered a dispute between whipping corpses and whipping graves. He thinks that Wu Zixu didn't whip the corpse at all, but just whipped the tomb of Wang Liangping. Now there is no tomb of King Chu Ping, and the historical records about this matter are not comprehensive. The truth of the matter is a historical mystery that can never be solved.
Legend of tomb raiding part 2
Compared with Wu Zixu, Xiang Yu's grave robbery seems more natural and just. Some Wu Zixu retaliated by robbing tombs and were selfish; Three hundred years later, Xiang Yu dug up the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor out of national hatred. Who is the Qin Shihuang the world wishes for? The first emperor in the history of China; What is the Qin Mausoleum? The first tomb in China (see the book Three Tombs in the Eyes of Grave Robbers), and only Xiang Yu and Niu dare to attack such a tomb!
Xiang Yu and Wu Zixu are fellow villagers, both from Suqian now (I'm afraid many people don't know this historical relationship). They are called Xi Chu overlord, and their opponent is Liu Bang Qin Shihuang, who lives in nearby Xuzhou. When he was in office, he ruled harshly and dispatched 700,000 prisoners just to repair his mausoleum. Because of cruelty, unrest broke out before the mausoleum was fully built, and a large-scale peasant uprising broke out around 209 BC. This is the first peasant uprising in the history of China recognized by the contemporary official history books. It took 37 years before and after the Qin Mausoleum was built, and there was an uprising in Chen Guang 'an. After the death of Qin Shihuang, the Qin Mausoleum was anticlimactic because of the unstable mountains and rivers, and it ended hastily in the later period. It can be said that the Qin Mausoleum is the largest semi-finished project in the history of China.
As for Xiang Yu's excavation of the Qin Mausoleum, Han Shu of Bangu said that the work of Mount Li was not finished, but Zhang Zhou's millions of masters went down to Ji Xiang to burn their palaces and camps, and saw the excavation before, and then the shepherd died, and the sheep went into the chisel, and the shepherd watched the sheep with fire. Since ancient times, burial was not as prosperous as that of the first emperor, and Ji Xiang was troubled, and the internal grazing was closed. Wei Shui is recorded in detail. Xiang Yu was sent to Shanhaiguan, with 300,000 people, and he was not allowed to flee on the 30th. The thief in Kanto sold the copper, and the shepherd found a sheep to burn, and it burned for 90 days.
According to historical records, Liu Bang identified the excavation of the tomb of the first emperor as Xiang Yu's great sin. However, some scholars believe that Xiang Yu's excavation of the Qin Mausoleum may not be accurate, and Li Daoyuan's book written 400 years later is not credible, because the serious history books in the early years are not accurately recorded. Modern archaeological exploration has found that the Qin Mausoleum is intact. Whether Xiang Yu excavated the Qin Mausoleum in that year is still a historical mystery, and it is impossible to verify the authenticity of historical facts.
Legend of grave robbery (3)
Grave robbers are angry and greedy, but there is a grave robber pervert in China history, first for fun. He is Liu Qu, the king of Guang Chuan in the Western Han Dynasty, a member of the royal family of the Western Han Dynasty. His fief is in the area where Hebei, Shanxi and Shandong are connected. Originally the capital, it was later called the King of Guang Chuan. It is said that Liu Qu has a bad reputation, is unreliable in doing things, and likes to eat, drink and be merry.
According to the "Miscellanies of Xijing" edited by Ge Hong, all the tombs in his country have been excavated, and almost none of the famous tombs can escape the shovel of Liuqu. The objects excavated by Liu Qu are mainly royal tombs in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The tombs of Duke Xiang of Wei and Duke Ling of Jin made him dig out a set of 500-volume books edited by Li Yunfeng in the Song Dynasty, specializing in unofficial history's biographies and novels, which were compiled in the third year of Taiping and the third year of Xingguo (AD 90). So it was named Taiping Guangji. In this book, there are detailed records of Liu Qu's grave robbery. Wei Xiangwang's tomb is made of stone with a stone bed in the middle. Stone screen is used for anti-theft excavation, and the entrance is filled with molten iron. Liu Qu sent someone to dig the coffin for three days. The coffin was made of raw lacquer and rhinoceros skin. It is several inches thick, and a knife can't cut it at all. There is a jade spittoon and two bronze swords on Liu Qushi bed.
Jin Linggong was dissolute and tyrannical, and people's resentment was boiling. Zhao Dun, the prime minister, repeatedly advised him to be ineffective. It is said that hundreds of years after Jin Linggong's death, the Duke of Jinling suffered retribution and his enemies appeared. He is Wang Liuqu Jinling Cemetery in Jiangxian County, Shanxi Province. The grave is like a steamed bun. Liu Qu saw it as soon as he entered. The tomb is luxurious and rich, with eagle dogs carved from stone in every corner and murals carved on both sides of the coffin. Standing by with a candle or something, the coffin is rotten, but the body is not bad. There is a jade toad as big as a fist in the funerary objects in Jin's "Nine strokes", which was taken back as a water tank for storing water and grinding ink.
There are many famous ancient tombs excavated by Liu Qu, such as the son of the King of Wei, the tomb of Jin and the tomb of Luan Shu, but many ancient tombs have also been stolen. Liu Qu is also afraid of the records of Taiping Guangji. When digging the tomb of the canal, Liu Qu was scared to death, and the people inside were lifelike. Liu Qu quickly stopped his men, withdrew and sealed it again. It is said that there are countless ancient tombs excavated by Liu Qu, but there is no way to verify how many treasures have been obtained.
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