Chapter 601: Smashing the vat but not the vat
“This guy’s story about Sima Guang smashing the vat is false.”
“What’s the reason?”
“He said So far, there is no physical evidence to prove that the craftsmanship of the Song Dynasty people can Such a large vat was made, so this story is false."
"Originally," Ma Wei said: "Most of the large vats in the Song Dynasty were made of stone or copper. Such vats. , Sima Guang couldn’t smash it.”
"The only things that can be smashed are ceramic jars, and the earliest ceramic jars that can hold people were only found in the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, based on actual research, it shows that the story of Sima Guang smashing the jar is quite deceptive. "
Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "Brother Ma, according to historical records, it was indeed not a vat that Sima Guang smashed."
"How about I didn't? Is that wrong?”
“But it’s not like it’s not broken.” Wu Qiaomu didn’t say anything for a long time, then suddenly said: “It’s an urn, please come into the urn.”
“Look! Liu Zhengyun became more excited: "This is an idiom about Zhou Xinglai and Jun Chen in the Tang Dynasty. It shows that the urn existed in the Tang Dynasty and it can also contain people!"
"But there are no porcelain urns that can be broken by children!" Ma Weiwei argued: "At least there is no physical evidence!"
"But this urn has a tile bottom," Zhou Zhi said with a smile.
“I checked the book, and there is an explanation in Shuo Wen Jie Zi. The three words 瓮, 瓮 and 瓮 are all the same word.”
“Yes, but this The three characters are both "tile" and "fou", indicating that the urns at that time were pottery. "
"Don't lie to me. These three words, in "Shuowen" and "Guangya", refer to a container with a small mouth and a big belly, which is different from the jar understood later. . It is a bottle for storing or fetching water. ”
"For example, in "Zhuangzi", there is an idiom about holding an urn and going out to water it, which means holding a water bottle and going out to water it. If it is a big vat, can it be carried?"
"But there is also an idiom called urn. The sky is full of beetles, It means looking at the sky from inside an urn and measuring the sea with a water ladle, which describes people's shallow knowledge. "Wu Qiaomu said: "Since you can see the sky from an urn, it means that the urn can contain people."
"Ah. this… ..." Weiwei was stunned at this: "Isn't that right? Don't make up random allusions."
"That's true." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "But this allusion comes from Hu Yinglin in the Ming Dynasty. "Shaoshi Shanfang Bi Cong" is of late date and is not enough to prove that there was a water tank in the Song Dynasty. "Brother Ma, don't be fooled by my sworn brother."
"I'm just saying..." Ma. Wei Wei breathed a sigh of relief.
"But it is also a pre-Qin work. There is also a saying in the Book of Rites of 'penghu urn', which means that for poor people, the mouth of the broken urn is used as the window of the hut." Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "Then let me ask, since the mouth of the urn can be used as a window Window, how big should this urn be?”
"Also, since you have already checked "Shuowen", why don't you continue to check Mr. Duan Yucai's "Shuowen Jiezi Zhu"?"
"Inside It is very clear that the urn is also a poppy, but the poppy has a big mouth. To the west, between Hefen and Fen, the big ones are called Zong; from Guan to the east, on the outskirts of Zhao and Wei, they are called Weng. Instruments are also subdivided by name. The small mouth trumpet you mentioned Water bottles should actually be called poppies, while large ones with open mouths are called zong in the Kansai region and urns in the Kanto region. "
"Zhuangzi is from the Chu state, so he calls the poppies a urn. In fact, it is a misunderstanding or a common misunderstanding. ”
"However, the Chu region was not orthodox in the Central Plains at that time, so we should adopt the explanation from the Central Plains region instead of the Chu region."
"Brilliant!" Liu Zhengyun applauded and said to Wang Shuo Said: "How?! I said there must be young people with solid traditional writing skills, but you told me that it can't exist! How about it?" "Bottoms and Qiaomu are both good!" "I can't..." Mr. Qiao was very modest: "Also, don't talk about "Shuowen Jiezi" with Jizi. He has marked this book five times and explained every word. "You can recite it backwards."
"So awesome? Why are you reciting this?" Liu Zhengyun couldn't understand.
"A compulsory lesson for the teacher." Zhou Zhi didn't know how to explain too much, lest he be suspected of bragging.
"But..." Ma Weiwei was now a little unsure about his "discovery": "But if large vats appeared very early in China, pottery is not a precious thing and should be available everywhere, but Why are no cultural relics discovered? ”
“Brother Ma’s doubts are actually well-founded and logical,” Zhou Zhi said: “Shaanxi’s famous Hejia Village relics, thousands of cultural relics from the Tang Dynasty, were discovered hidden in two urns and one jar. .”
“The two urns are high. The diameter is 65 centimeters, and the diameter of the belly is 60 centimeters. This is the largest urn that has been discovered. "
"As for whether there were urns capable of containing people in the Song Dynasty, "History of the Song Dynasty" "Perhaps it can give us the answer," Zhou Zhi said: "" This type of container was mentioned in "The Biography of Yue Fei" and "Mou Zicai". "
"Yes!" Wang Shuo understood now: "Isn't Yue Fei just hiding in the urn? Did you escape by following the flood? ”
"But the real objects..."
"Actually, there are no real objects. As far as I know, there are at least three." Zhou Zhi said: "We also have a Song Dynasty cultural relic in Jiachuan. Although it is not a large vat, it can also prove it. The craftsmanship of the Song Dynasty can make a large tank that can drown a child."
"What is it?" Ma Wei asked.
"It is a pottery coffin. The pottery coffin is generally eighty centimeters long, thirty centimeters wide, sixty centimeters high in front and thirty centimeters high in the back." Zhou Zhi said: "Although its size and volume cannot drown a child, Considering that square pottery is much more difficult to make than round pottery, The shape of pottery is much higher, and even large square pots can be made. In fact, it can be proved from the side that with the level of craftsmanship in the Song Dynasty, it is not difficult to make a large vat. "
"That elbow is what you said. What about the other two?”
"That's what I saw in the previous monthly "Cultural Relics". One item was a large vat with a height of 90 centimeters and a diameter of 85 centimeters that was unearthed at the Caojiabo Song Dynasty site in 1973; and Even at the Song Dynasty pharmacy site in Baima Lane, Hangzhou, a large vat with a diameter of one meter and a depth of 80 centimeters was unearthed. "
"You really don't pick books, you read everything." Wang Shuo felt like this. Children are strange.
"My godfather is from the Cultural Center." Zhou Zhi said: "When we were young, we only had these books to read."
"That's true." Wang Shuo was happy and raised his cup: "How many times?" Do you remember that all the books you copied were piled up? Behind the boiler room in the courtyard, we kids all like to go there to play.”
“We were so stupid at the time and didn’t understand anything!” Ma Wei said, “There are many calligraphy and paintings in there. It’s a pity in retrospect.”
"That's right." Liu Zhengyun smiled strangely: "Didn't your master often say that the old man in the boiler room of our compound, Cao, has handled more old things than he has ever handled!"
"Hahaha... ..." Wang Shuo was also amused by this statement: "Come on, everyone I have to respect Lao Cao. Lao Cao is very kind to us children. He lets us hide behind the boiler and read books so that we don’t get cold. He also protects us from the front.”
“I have to respect Lao Cao. He should be in our Air Force now. The city god of the courtyard." Liu Zhengyun nodded.
“What kind of talk is this?” Ma Wei was dumbfounded: “The old man and lady you left in the Air Force compound are so qualified that they are more qualified than him. How did he get to be the city god?”
< br>“ There are many people with higher qualifications than him, but who has paid hundreds or tens of millions to the Stove Lord?" Liu Zhengyun laughed so hard: "The things Lao Cao burned now, I'm afraid it's a lot more. Right? ”
"Come to respect Lao Cao, the city god must be him!" Ma Wei said sincerely: "After this cup, I have to offer a elbow. The ancients had a word for the master, elbow. This is my master. It turns out that Sima Guang smashed the vat. The story is completely possible!”
(End of this chapter)