Chapter 164 A civilization that does not require writing?
When we were excavating the Sanxingdui site, there were indeed many viewers paying attention.
And the news headlines at that time were all about the excavation of Sanxingdui.
But after that moment of limelight, not many people paid attention to it.
But it can be regarded as witnessing history and seeing the process of the fourth excavation of Sanxingdui.
But these four excavations only covered two thousandths of the Sanxingdui site.
There are many things in it that are still unknown at all.
The camera returned to Ye Zhen.
Ye Zhen said in a strange tone: "Have you noticed a very strange place?"
"Didn't anyone notice it?"
Ye Zhen wrote the three words Sanxingdui behind him.
Something strange?
The Sanxingdui ruins are already strange enough?
Is there something even stranger?
The audience doesn't understand.
"Sanxingdui is weird enough, is there anything more weird?"
"But what Ye Zhen said is indeed a bit disharmonious."
"What? Is there some shocking secret?"
Some viewers just felt like something was wrong.
But nothing was found to be wrong.
Some archaeologists went through what Ye Zhen said in their minds.
"I know what's missing."
"Yes, that thing is an inexplicable place now."
"I don't believe he can even solve this!"
Apparently some historians and archaeologists knew what the strange place Ye Zhen was talking about was.
Some outsiders in the film also didn't realize it.
Professor Zhou thought for a moment, "Mr. Ye has said so far that there are so many weird places in Sanxingdui."
"This civilization is so glorious and rich, but it always feels like something is missing."
"Lao Luo, do you know?"
Of course Lao Luo understood what the strange place Ye Zhen was talking about.
In this regard, the current academic community does not understand it either.
Lao Luo sighed: "Of course I know. Do you know why there are so many doubts about the Sanxingdui site?"
“The Sanxingdui ruins make people more confused the more they dig?”
Professor Zhou didn't understand and asked: "Yes, Sanxingdui is indeed very weird."
Because Professor Zhou himself is an academic master in front of ancient documents.
I also have contact with archeology.
"Logically speaking, when this archaeological excavation comes out, there should be more and more things."
"Then the more you know, the less fog there will be."
"But the more you dig into Sanxingdui, the more confused you become. It seems to reveal an evil nature."
The situation is indeed exactly as Professor Zhou said.
I saw Ye Zhen saying: "At the beginning, everyone doubted that the Shang Dynasty did not exist at all."
"It only exists in history."
"But why did everyone later recognize that the Shang Dynasty was real?"
"Because some cultural relics and bronzes from the Shang Dynasty were excavated?"
Ye Zhen shook his finger in front of the camera, "No, it's because of the unearthed oracle bone inscriptions."
"At that time, a Chinese medicine called dragon bone was found to have writing on it."
"This is how the Oracle was discovered."
"Since the oracle bone inscriptions were discovered, a lot of them have been deciphered."
"But there are still many oracle bone inscriptions that have not been deciphered."
"A total of 5,000 words have been discovered, but only about 1,500 have been deciphered."
"Now if any of you can decipher an oracle bone inscription."
"One oracle bone inscription costs one hundred thousand yuan."
"If you can decipher the remaining 3,500 words."
"That's a bonus of more than 300 million."
Many viewers heard this news for the first time.
"Wow, can you get one hundred thousand by cracking an oracle?"
"3500 is 350 million! Make a fortune."
"I understand, I'm going to crack the Oracle now."
“I understand, I finally know what’s so weird about the Sanxingdui Ruins!”
However, some viewers are curious about what Ye Zhenti is doing?
Ye Zhen said with a smile: "I believe someone has discovered it."
"Yes, the Sanxingdui ruins are so developed."
“Not a single word has been unearthed?”
After hearing this, everyone finally knew what was strange about the Sanxingdui ruins.
That's right, no written records have been unearthed.
"Why does the Sanxingdui site become more and more confusing the more we dig into it."
"Because no writing has been unearthed here at all."
"Without written records, many things can only be guessed."
"But if there is a written record, even if it is only a few words."
"We can all find the root cause through some clues."
"Why does such a civilization not have any writing?"
It is indeed what Ye Zhen said.
No writing has been unearthed from the Sanxingdui site.
Because some Chinese cultural relics were unearthed, no matter what they were.
There will always be more or less text, the difference between more and less is just the difference.
Just like some bronze vessels from the Shang Dynasty, there are inscriptions on them.
Even if it is placed on the antique market, the same is true.
The prices of bronzes with inscriptions and bronzes without inscriptions are very different.
Why can we confirm that Shang Dynasty civilization existed?
It's because of Oracle.
After hearing Ye Zhen's explanation, the audience immediately discovered something was wrong.
"Indeed, why haven't any texts been unearthed here in Sanxingdui?"
"It's impossible for such a developed civilization to not have any writing."
"Does it mean that everyone here is mute? This is not normal."
This is an unsolved mystery in Sanxingdui.
Even after excavation, there are no fragments of any text.
That’s why the more people dig, the more confused they become.
Some archaeologists think so. They believe that there must be writing in Sanxingdui.
It’s just that they haven’t dug it out yet.
In so many remaining places that have not yet been excavated, there must be written records.
It is impossible for such a developed civilization to be without writing.
Some other historians think so.
The ancients at the Sanxingdui site may have written records in a different way than those in the Central Plains.
Where do we generally record words in Chinese records?
During the Shang Dynasty, the results of divination were engraved on the turtle board.
Later it became a seal carved on a bamboo slip.
Then came the four great inventions, paper, and then we had books.
Some historians speculate that the ancients in Sanxingdui may have written words on silk.
That's right, it's written on silk.
If this is the case, it can explain why there is no text in Sanxingdui.
Because silk is extremely difficult to preserve.
Compared with tortoise shells and bamboo slips, silk is too fragile.
And there are not only signs of smashing bronzes here in Sanxingdui.
There are also traces of being burned by fire.
So maybe the silks that recorded the text had already been burned.
But this is just speculation.
The scene returned to Ye Zhen's side.
"Is there such a possibility without the discovery of writing?"
"That means they don't need to speak? They don't use words to communicate."
Don’t speak, don’t use words to communicate?
After hearing what Ye Zhen said, the audience felt that Ye Zhen was crazy.
"How could it be possible not to speak? Are all of them really mute?"
"How can we communicate without using words and sign language? Do you want to say that they are all a sign language civilization?"
"You're kidding, how could there be such a civilization."
No one thought that the situation Ye Zhen mentioned was possible.
This is too much nonsense.
But Ye Zhen said something next.
"What if they are advanced enough and have abandoned the primitive communication methods of voice and text?"
Everyone felt their hearts skip a beat.
In fact, the way humans teach knowledge now is very primitive.
"The way we humans obtain information now is to learn."
"Generally we rely on teachers to learn."
“Writing on the blackboard also conveys information through the teacher’s voice.”
"But this method of information transmission is too low, and there is loss in the process of information transmission."
"What does it mean to speak human language? Some people listen to lectures with the left ear in and the right ear out."
"But what if the ancient people in Sanxingdui relied on consciousness to communicate?"
Using consciousness to communicate?
The audience was shocked.
"If consciousness is used to communicate, wouldn't it be telepathy? It's something from movies."
"But the ancients in Sanxingdui may all be people with special abilities. Everyone is a superpower! They have all awakened the pineal gland."
"So they simply need words, no need to speak, and can use consciousness to communicate."
Some historians found Ye Zhen's explanation very outrageous.
"What nonsense! What nonsense!"
"What is the use of consciousness to communicate? Do you think you are writing a novel? Are you watching a movie!"
"But in the last century, there were indeed many masters who claimed to have telepathy."
"That era when people with special abilities were everywhere?"
Apparently some people from the older generation remembered what happened back then.
Some people think Ye Zhen is talking nonsense about using consciousness to communicate.
This is simply nonsense.
But other people think this is not impossible!
Some viewers who were watching the show carefully recalled what was said at the beginning of the show.
"Do you still remember those bronze longitudinal masks from before? There is a hole between the eyebrows, which is the third eye!"
"Yes, this is indeed possible."
"But there aren't that many people with superpowers. It's not scientific."
"Do you still remember those ancient witch doctors in the previous show? The witch doctors who made holes in other people's heads."
"By the way, that's the brain-computer interface, the opening that connects everything!"
In this way, everything seems to be connected.
A brain-computer interface that our current technology cannot achieve.
If it is really possible to make a hole in the brain and connect an external interface.
Then you can receive data and exchange information.
What other words are needed? It's simply not needed.
This technology can be achieved by the Wu clan who have mastered black technology.
Could it be said that the people at the Sanxingdui Ruins really used consciousness to communicate?
There is no need to use words anymore.
If this is the case, it would be terrible. It is no wonder that no text can be excavated here.
Because others don’t need it at all.
Just when Ye Zhen wanted to continue talking.
Producer Chen looked at the time and it was almost time.
Because this time "Into Science Popularization" was broadcast throughout eastern Guangdong Province.
Even Director Huang came to the scene to supervise.
There can be no room for error.
Producer Chen gestured to Ye Zhen outside.
Ye Zhen already understood.
"Happy times are always short-lived."
"That's the end of today's program. We'll see you next time." Ye Zhen raised his hand and said goodbye to the audience in the camera.
As the ending song plays.
We have entered the advertising stage.
"Huh? Is this the end?"
“There’s still a lot that hasn’t been said yet!”
"Complain! I want to complain!"
The interest of all the viewers watching the show has just been aroused.
Ye Zhen actually said that the show was over?
But looking at the time, a long time has passed.
After watching Ye Zhen's show, all the viewers felt a sense of emptiness.
(End of chapter)