The discovery of the mysterious civilization in ancient Egypt and the awakening of an ancient culture caused a sensation all over the world.
However, the discovery of an ancient civilization is always associated with "curse" and "death", with an unpredictable strange smell and an inexplicable fear that penetrates the bottom of my heart.
Because, with the discovery of ancient Egyptian civilization, the curse of Pharaoh showed great power, which made many archaeologists and explorers die mysteriously and without warning in a short time.
Discoveries that shocked the world, strange curses, dead memories, sad endings, unexplained phenomena and unspeakable mysteries always touch the heartstrings of every curious person, which is both thrilling and curious to explore.
Similarly, China, a mysterious eastern world with a 5,000-year civilization, has experienced such a thrilling "curse" and "death". However, when Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, the discovery of civilization and the subsequent death were drowned in the war, which did not cause world-class cultural shock.
This is Oracle Bone Inscriptions's discovery.
1at the end of the 9th century,1in the autumn of 899, an official of the Qing Dynasty who served as a wine-offering ceremony for imperial academy in Beijing was also the head of the country's highest institution of higher learning at that time, which was equivalent to the principal level of Tsinghua and Peking University now, and Oracle Bone Inscriptions was discovered.
His name is Wang, a native of Xiangu Xiancun, Fushan County, Shandong Province. He was born honest and honest, and was called "Dong Guai". At that time, Wang Sheng was ill, and his family went to a century-old drugstore in Caishikou, Beijing to buy medicine. In the bought Chinese medicine bag, Wang found a medicine called "keel" with words engraved on it. This immediately made Wang sensitive.
Because Wang is an epitaph, collector and calligrapher who studies ancient China. In the sixth year of Guangxu, he was a scholar, edited by Hanlin and served as a wine waiter in imperial academy. The so-called "keel" is actually the ancient tortoise shell and animal bone, which is a commonly used medicinal material in Chinese medicine formula.
Then, Wang's word "keel" immediately attracted the attention of others. So, Wang immediately went to the Chinese medicine shop and bought all the "keels", up to one or two thousand pieces. Because, Wang's sixth sense believes that these "keels" with words may be a result record used by ancient wise men, wizards and priests to predict good or bad luck, fortune and fate, which may open the secret of ancient divination.
As we all know, according to historical records, ancient people often predicted their fortune before doing things. What impressed everyone most was Zhuge Liang in the Three Kingdoms. Before every war, he used tortoise shells to predict the future once or even many times.
The method of divination is: first make a hole in the tortoise shell or animal bone, write words, and then bake the back with fire. Depending on the shape of the crack, it depends on the food. The above words are roughly similar to whether you can fight a certain tribe or hostile forces, when it is better to send troops to attack, get married, become famous, and so on. The ancients divined almost every day, regardless of big or small matters.
In this way, through the study of "keel", Wang can learn a lot about ancient people and society at that time, especially what is not recorded in the history books, which is of great help to the study of ancient culture and society.
However, before Wang could study it, his fate changed dramatically. At this time, Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, just as the Boxer Rebellion attacked Beijing and Tianjin. As a minister of the capital, Wang not only had to negotiate with the Boxer Rebellion, but also dealt with the defense of the capital and the defense against Eight-Nation Alliance.
This is the sorrow of China's ancient civil servants, and it is also the moral integrity of soldiers in China's feudal society for thousands of years. Because, very often, when the country perishes, it is not a military commander who leads the army to meet the enemy, but a helpless civil servant who bears this burden, resists foreign aggression and even commits suicide.
Wang didn't have the time and energy to study the 12000 pieces of "keel" with words piled up at home, and he did his duty as an official and scholar. Unexpectedly, on this day in August of 1900, Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu had fled from Beijing, and he became the supreme commander of Beijing's defense.
Wang Jian couldn't keep both capital city. He didn't want to be a prisoner of Eight-Nation Alliance or a general in the fall of the capital, so he chose to commit suicide. However, Wang did not die by swallowing gold and taking poison. Finally, he jumped into the well with his wife and daughter-in-law.
This pile of "keel" with words, namely Oracle Bone Inscriptions, is the first discovery in the cultural history of China. However, this man who just discovered Oracle Bone Inscriptions ended his life.
This seems to indicate that Oracle Bone Inscriptions's curse, accompanied by death, appeared.