However, Chi Xueli forgot to do Lingshan stretching exercises when she was happy. In the end, Zhou Zhi and Mai Xiaomiao persisted.
Chi Xueli thought that taking a dip in the hot spring could achieve the same effect, so he took his team there early the next morning, preparing to enjoy it under the pretext of shooting material.
Zhou Zhi does not have that kind of luck. He must seize the time to carefully store the things he brought back yesterday, and then rush to the airport with Mai Xiaomiao.
Because there are too many things, it is definitely impossible to check them as carry-on luggage. Fortunately, Zhouzhi now has a lot of influence in the autonomous prefecture. The Saturday Group itself has a fixed air cargo channel. Anyone who knows about this batch of cultural relics After realizing the importance, Li Yutang approved the special handling.
In the afternoon of the same day, these cultural relics were transported to the Shu University Museum.
Research on the history and culture of southwest ethnic minorities is the strength of Shu University. The talent reserve is stronger than that of the Shu Provincial Museum. Moreover, the size of the external exhibition area and the number of cultural relics of the Shu University Museum may be smaller than those of the Shu Provincial Museum. However, in Baoxue District, the research area , the condition of the maintenance area is even better than that of the Shu Provincial Museum.
Many times the Shu Provincial Museum cooperates with Sichuan University under the banner of "joint research" and "joint restoration", but in fact it just wants to take advantage of the good equipment.
Jiang Tianxi and Master Danzeng didn’t give it in vain. After receiving Zhou Zhi’s call, they organized the department’s elite forces to wait here. At the same time, they also contacted the Shu Provincial Museum, the Shu Provincial Department of Culture, the Nationalities The Religious Affairs Bureau and other relevant units conducted a joint appraisal.
A lot of results came out that night. A papyrus brought back by Zhou Zhi was identified as the original of the "Wuding Luowu Yi Book of Good and Unfortunate", and this involved a case of the Republic of China. Big events.
“So the original version of “The Book of Fortune and Misfortune by Wuding Luowu Yi” is actually the starting point for my country’s earliest study of Yi classics from an academic perspective?” Zhou Zhi felt a little weird, how could he just reach out and find this book? Got this book?
"Yes." The person responsible for the explanation was a scholar in the Department of History's minority historical documents research. He was from the Yi ethnic group, and his name was Kong Ziding. Zhou Zhi couldn't tell whether this name was a Chinese name or the real name of the Yi people. Kong Ziding's appreciation for Zhou Zhi was so This is beyond words, because Zhou Zhi went deep into the Yi area to collect information, save documents, and publish books, and made considerable contributions to the culture of Kong Ziding's own nation.
In the Provincial Department of Culture and the Autonomous Prefecture Cultural Bureau, "The Origin of the Yi Nationality in the Big and Little Liangshan Mountains" has received considerable attention, because to this day, various families based on family branches are still active in the Big and Little Liangshan areas, and there are even "enemies" The phenomenon of "non-intermarriage among families" exists. This book can clarify the complex relationships between these family branches, which is conducive to the stability of local society and the development of various social work.
However, in the eyes of Kong Ziding, another book "Yi Texts and Stone Illustrations" is even more important. Zhou Zhi did not treat it differently based on different ethnic groups, but based on factual evidence, he believed that Yi texts were more Chinese characters appeared earlier, on pottery from cultural sites such as Jiahu and Liangzhu. On the tortoise shell, some of the engraved symbols are similar to ancient Yi characters or even modern texts. Some of the glyphs are completely in series, and their meanings can even be interpreted. For example, the Yi character divination armor "Tian Lei Zhen" interpreted by Guo Moruo, Zhou Zhi all read them one by one. It was included in the "Illustrated Book of Yiwen Epigraphy" and written about it.
But Zhou Zhi also expressed his attitude in the article that the evidence is not sufficient yet. Therefore, although hundreds of engraved symbols that are identical or similar to Yi characters have been found scattered throughout the country, there is still a lack of the most powerful direct evidence. There is evidence to prove that these engraved symbols are absolutely equivalent to Yi script.
Therefore, we can only add a hypothetical premise to the conclusion: if these engraved symbols are ancient Yi script, then the history of writing in China will be traced back to more than 8,000 years ago, and ancient Yi script, will take the title of the oldest written text in the world.
Even if a hypothetical premise is needed to qualify it, it is enough for Kong Ziding to admire and even admire Zhou Zhi. Although he is about forty years younger than himself, he dares to think and do it.
Of course, the most important thing is the huge economic strength behind what he does.
As for the fact that all these investments were made by Zhou Zhi himself, Kong Ziding never even thought about it. How could it be possible? "Speaking of which, senior Ding Wenjiang should be acquainted with Zhuzi. Two generations of scholars have achieved the continuation of manuscripts in this way." Kong Ziding said: "I think this is God's will."
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Although everyone is engaged in historical research under the guidance of dialectical historical materialism, there are monks like Master Denzin in the history department. Therefore, Kong Ziding, a Yi scholar, occasionally engages in fatalistic superstition, and others can't say anything about it.
"In the early years of the Republic of China, the area with the most abundant Yi classics was Chuxiong Prefecture in Yunnan Province." Kong Ziding recounted: "However, the collection and modern translation and publication of Yi classics began with Han scholars."< br>
“ In the 3rd year of the Republic of my country, when Ding Wenjiang, a famous Chinese geologist, was traveling from Yunnan to Sichuan, he passed through Huanzhou Village in Wuding County. Na Lanfang, the wife of the local chieftain, gave him a book of fortune and misfortune in Yi script. "
“This book is handwritten The book has a special handwriting. It was first written on papyrus with cinnabar, and then covered with a layer of black ink. "
"This book was brought to central Guizhou by Ding Wenjiang and passed through Dading. County Yi scripture master Luo Wenbi translated it and named it "Wuding Luo Wuyi" "Book of Fortune and Misfortune" was later included in "Cuan Wen Cong Ke" published by the Commercial Press in 1936. "
"This is the first scripture translated using the special four-column translation method of modern Yi. .”
"Thirty years later, another scholar, Mr. Ma Xueliang, was appointed by the Institute of History and Philology of Academia Sinica to investigate the Yi language and writing in Wuding Yi District, Yunnan Province, and stayed at the Maolina Yi chieftain's office. On the evening of the 18th day of the first lunar month, A Bimo University meeting was held in the Land and Infrastructure Department with more than 20 Bimo people and hundreds of people from nearby counties. After that, he collected, translated and sorted out Yi classics in the Land and Resources Department, and also conducted research on the etiquette and customs of the Yi people. When he returned to Kunming on December 1st of the same year, he took away more than 2,100 Yi books from the Land and Resources Department. ”
“Subsequently, these materials became Mr. Ma Xueliang’s first source of research on Yi literature. He has written many first-hand materials and published many works, which have been published in publications such as "Border Affairs Public Theory", "Southwestern Frontier", and "Border Congwen" issued by the Republic of China. "
"It is a pity that due to war and turmoil, etc. Due to factors, these precious historical materials have disappeared.”
“This is among them. There are fifty-two wood carvings of "Wuding Luowu Yi Book of Fortune and Misfortune" and "The Sutra of Encouraging Good Deeds"? There seems to be a ruined monument found in the ruins of the old city of Muog. Would you like to find it? ”
"No need to look for it." Kong Ziding said: "Your "Illustrated Book of Yi Texts and Stones" is now our important reference book. Although the "Sutra of Encouraging Good Deeds" at the ruins of the old city of Muog and the two engravings you brought this time have some Literary detail There are small differences, but the content is undoubtedly the same scripture. "
"The content of this "Book of Good and Bad" is the same as the "Wuding Luo Wuyi" included in the "Cuan Wen Cong Ke" of the Commercial Press in 1936. Book of good and bad luck Not to mention completely consistent, even the format of the two copies of the book written in cinnabar and black ink is completely consistent with the description left by senior Ding Wenjiang, so we conclude that it is the original manuscript given to Mr. Ding by Na."
< br>"Combining the two pieces of evidence, we are now somewhat hopeful that the more than 2,000 Yi classics collected by Mr. Ma Xueliang are in Bimo Cave!" (End of Chapter)