From the Island Owner to the King

After Qin Shihuang unified China, Xiaozhuan implemented the policy of "books with the same text, cars with the same track", and the policy of unifying weights and measures was under the responsibility of Prime Minister Li Si. On the basis of the big seal script originally used in the Qin state, it was simplified and the variant characters of the other six countries were cancelled. , created a unified writing form of Chinese characters.

It was popular in China until the end of the Western Han Dynasty, when it was gradually replaced by official script.

The Xiaozhuan body is slender, pays attention to symmetry, the strokes are stopped evenly, and the brush is lifted and retracted without revealing traces, and the body is dignified and beautiful.

Since the Qin Dynasty, calligraphers of all dynasties have regarded Qin Zhuan as their standard, taking the slender vertical posture as their physical appearance.

The text on the stele is exactly in line with this characteristic.

Chen Rui can confirm that the font of these three characters is Xiaozhuan.

Chen Rui simply listened to the old professor's introduction to this type of writing and its characteristics, and saw this type of writing on the seals collected by the old professor. He felt that Xiaozhuan's body was dignified and beautiful, the strokes were complex and tortuous, and the form was strange and ancient.

But Chen Rui did not systematically learn this kind of characters, so Chen Rui didn't know what these three characters were called.

Chen Rui pushed open the hut.

The hut is very simple, with a table, a chair, a bed and a futon.

What caught Chen Rui's attention in the hut was the pile of bamboo slips on the table.

It is woven from long and narrow bamboo pieces made by cutting. After cutting, cutting and baking, each piece of bamboo is of the same size and thickness. After writing on it, drilling holes, and weaving, the bamboo slips look very neat and tidy. beautiful.

Chen Rui picked up a roll of bamboo slips and looked over it.

This is an article, each piece of bamboo is written in one line, and it is written in small seal script with brush and ink.

The font is very beautiful and very charming, which makes Chen Rui look pleasing to the eye.

It can be said to be a very beautiful work of art.

Bamboo slips, Xiaozhuan.

Through these two points, Chen Rui can basically determine that these bamboo slips were written in the Qin and Han Dynasties.

It may be very difficult for the ancients to figure out the meaning of the words on these Qin and Han manuscripts.

However, for modern people, it's a breeze.

Now that Zixun is so developed, you can find correct and very detailed answers on the Internet.

Chen Rui picked up a roll of bamboo slips and walked out of the space.

Opened the laptop, downloaded a complete book of Xiaozhuan characters on the Internet, and then translated them one by one according to the Xiaozhuan characters on the bamboo slips.

It has been a week since all the bamboo slips on the table in the hut were translated.

These all gave Chen Rui a great shock.

From the words translated in Xiaozhuan on the bamboo slips, it is known that the beads are called pregnant sea beads, and their origin is unknown.

The age of appearance can be inferred to an earlier age than the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.

The previous owner of the Pregnant Sea Pearl was a Donghai Loose Cultivator of Qin Han, named Chen Yuan, who got this bead by accident.

It's a pity that the luck is not enough, and Chen Yuan's life is very little.

Even if you get the Heaven-Defying Treasure, if you don't break through, your lifespan will eventually turn to ashes.

Chen Yuan, a loose cultivator, was sitting in the Donghai Seabed Cave Mansion. The beads remain in the sea cave.

Due to various coincidences, Chen Rui has now obtained it.

Among these bamboo slips, most of them are books collected or copied by Chen Yuan during his travels, and a large part of the bamboo slips are ancient books of the pre-Qin period.

Pre-Qin classics,

He has experienced Qin Shihuang's burning of books, Chimei's entry into customs, Dong Zhuo's move to the capital, Liu Shi's chaos in China, Wei Shi's entry into Ying, and Xiao Yi's burning of books. The ones that have spread to modern times have almost disappeared.

Later generations studied the history and culture of the pre-Qin period, and a very important period that laid the foundation for the formation of the Chinese nation. The academic "Hundred Schools contending" in the Spring and Autumn Period, because of the lack of reference materials, many places rely on speculation, and the history, culture, and thinking of that period are very vague.

This makes many scholars who study the history and culture of the pre-Qin period regret very much.

With these classics, the history, culture, military, agriculture, characters and other aspects of the pre-Qin period can be clearly displayed in front of everyone by filling in the gaps, which is of great significance for the study of the formation of Chinese civilization.

Therefore, these classics are very precious and cannot be measured by value.

Chen Rui counted it, and there were hundreds of volumes.

The content is all-encompassing and is of great significance to the study of pre-Qin culture, history and military affairs.

For example, there is a passage in Sima Qian's "Records of the Grand Historian", and Li Si suggested that "historical books should only keep the history books of the Qin state, and the history books of other countries will be burnt; the "Book of Songs", "Book of Books" and the books of a hundred schools of thought can only be kept by doctoral officers. , all the folk books are handed over and burned within a time limit; the books on medicine, divination, and agriculture can be kept by the folk; those who want to learn the law can use officials as teachers. ’

The history books of the Six Kingdoms that were burned in the Burning Books and the Confucianists were completely preserved in the beads.

In addition, there are also poems, prose, Chu poetry and so on which occupy a very important place in the pre-Qin culture.

Some of these documents have been passed down to this day, and some have disappeared in the long river of history.

Chen Rui believes that if any of these hundreds of volumes is taken out, it will cause shocks in the Chinese cultural, historical, cultural relics and other circles.

If all the hundreds of volumes were taken out, the sensation Chen Rui would cause is almost unimaginable.

For these pre-Qin classics, Chen Ruizhen took them seriously.

But for the remaining few scrolls of bamboo slips, it can no longer be described as cherishing them.

It was actually a few articles on the cultivation of immortals.

Regarding the cultivation of immortals, there are many records in ancient wild history, for example, "Wang Qiao met immortals and watched chess," "Peng Zu was eight hundred years old, and he lived forever", "It is not the end of life, nor the clear ambition of death. ", "Qin Shihuang sent Xu Fu to lead thousands of boys and girls, as well as three years of food, clothing, medicine and farming tools that had been prepared to ride the mirage into the sea to seek immortality. "and many more."

Especially in the pre-Qin and Qin and Han dynasties, there are not many legends about this type of immortal cultivation, and even in the official history of the pre-Qin, Qin and Han dynasties, and all dynasties, there is a kind of person called "alchemist".

The alchemist is the alchemist. In ancient times, a person who claimed to be able to visit immortals and make alchemy to seek immortality.

For example, "Records of the Grand Historian: The Chronicles of the First Emperor of Qin": "The alchemist wants to practice in order to obtain a miracle medicine."

"Plain Questions: The Differences of the Five Zang-organs": "I have heard that alchemists use the brain and marrow as the viscera, or the intestines and stomach as the viscera, or the fu-organs."

Hu Tianxiong's "Plain Questions and Supplements": "Scholars of alchemy are good at using the technique of immortality to speak of human beings, including the ancient immortal family, Xu Fu of Qin, Xin Yuanping and Li Shaojun of Han."

Chen Rui originally thought that these were just legends, and regarded them as an interesting story, just listen and laugh.

But what happened today, the beads, the space, the pre-Qin classics, and the bamboo slips that recorded the cultivation method, made Chen Rui change his previous thoughts.

There are really immortal practitioners in the world, although it is not said that the longevity is equal to the sky, and the sun and the moon are the same as the legend.

But it should not be underestimated. It is recorded in bamboo slips that once you enter Xiu Xianmen, you will be free from disease and disaster, and you will live to be more than 100 years old with ease. You can practice to the highest level, like Peng Zu's "eight hundred years of longevity and eternity" is not unreasonable. possible.