Mystery of seventy-two suspected graves in Cao Cao's tomb
Mystery of 72 Suspected Tombs in Cao Cao's Tomb
Cao Mengde was in a storm, and Cao Cao's tomb was hard to find through the ages. The broken limbs constantly emerging at the bottom of Zhanghe River and the suspicious graves all over the wilderness are the proof of A Man's suspicious nature, or the unique entrustment of a lean generation. From Qin Shihuang, Wu Zetian, Genghis Khan to Yongzheng, why are the tombs of legendary figures particularly different? What kind of ecstasy did the ancients set up, waiting for the bold descendants to break in step by step?
from xigaoxue village, Anyang, Henan province? Cao Cao's tomb? It was born, but there are more and more questions in the world. Since King Wu of Wei is not a patent of Cao Cao, the mystery of Cao Cao's tomb will continue?
First, the monster that eats people
In a midsummer two hundred years ago, it was widely rumored that the monster in Zhanghe River began to eat people again. People who don't listen to dissuade them from taking a bath in the river are suddenly dragged into the bottom of the river by something. Soon, an arm or half a head will appear on the river. People who are terrified look at the water and find a black shadow shaking at the bottom of the river near the cliff, so the villagers decide that this is the legendary monster, and no one dares to approach the river again. The local county magistrate was shocked when he learned about this incident. (History of the Three Kingdoms) In order to find out what happened, he ordered the water in the upper reaches of the river to be stopped while the dry season was coming. However, when the river fell, there was no monster at the bottom of the river, but at the bottom of this cliff, a deep cave was found with rows of water rotary knives around it. When everyone removed the rotary knives and walked into the cave, they saw that there was still a stone tablet in the original cave. Everyone worked together to open the tomb and found countless treasures inside.
Ladies and gentlemen, what you just said is a story in Pu Songling's Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio. As we all know, many stories in Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio are folk legends that do not exist, but this story about Cao Cao's tomb is not entirely groundless. I think it was also recorded in unofficial history in Qing Dynasty that in the early years of Shunzhi, because the Zhanghe River dried up, a fisherman found a big slate at the bottom of the river, and there was a stone gate under the slate. Walking into Shimen, there is a tomb. In the center of the tomb is a stone bed, on which lies a corpse, dressed in imperial clothes. This man leans forward and looks at it. It is none other than Cao Cao. To say that this fisherman has a good eye, he can recognize Cao Mengde at a glance. You know, it's a corpse that has been put for thousands of years. Is this corpse labeled?
digress, let's talk about the cemetery. There are many stories about Cao Cao's tomb in history, but the most popular one is that Cao Cao is suspicious by nature. In order to prevent future generations from digging his grave, careful arrangements were made before his death. On the day of the funeral, all the gates in Yecheng were opened at the same time, and 72 coffins were carried out from four directions, southeast and northwest, and buried in the prepared tomb. As a result, later generations can no longer tell which one is the real grave of Cao Cao and which one is the confusing tomb, which is famous? Cao Cao's seventy-two suspected graves? .
Speaking of this suspected tomb, there are indeed more than 1 graves on the Yuan Ye between Linzhang and Cizhou in Hebei Province. The local people say that this is the suspected tomb built by Cao Cao. However, according to archaeological findings, these so-called seventy-two suspected tombs of Cao Cao were not built by Cao Cao himself, but were actually a tomb group of emperors and nobles such as the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty during the Northern Dynasties. So where is Cao Cao's tomb?
It's not unfair to say that Cao Cao is called a generation of adulterers. The most popular thing in the Three Kingdoms period was Cao Cao's paranoia. For example, he killed a friend who was preparing meals for him. Would you rather teach me to be negative to the whole world than to teach the whole world to be negative to me? Let all the people of China remember this white-faced man forever. In addition, Cao Cao is always afraid of being assassinated by others, and declares that he likes to kill people in his dreams, so don't be near strangers during his sleep. Don't say that there really are unbelievers. Once, a waiter made a gallant effort to cover the quilt for Cao Cao in his sleep. As a result, the unlucky man was really killed by Cao Cao on the spot. There are countless examples like this in the Three Kingdoms, and Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were killed because of his paranoia.
Cao Cao, as a generation of adulterers, killed countless people before his death, but he also made great achievements. After his death, the Millennium has always been the focus of the world, including his final destination, which has become an important evidence to understand that period of history. And Cao Cao seems to have anticipated this result. As a Wang Wei, he tried his best to hide his last secret in order not to be disturbed by later generations. Where is Cao Cao's tomb?
second, suspected burial? Suspicion mound!
but to be fair, the ancients still attached great importance to the yin house, that is, the grave. This ghost house is also a very important knowledge in our country. From the root, let's talk about it by Kong Old Master Q? Only send the dead as a big deal? This dead man is a big deal. In the eyes of the ancients, this grave is an important symbol of the future prosperity of the deceased family. Feng Shui also includes Yin Zhai and Yang Zhai. Everyone in Yang Zhai knows that Feng Shui is good. What is this called? Upwind and water. Wait until the Yin House pays more attention to the mountain and the water. Anyway, whether it's a backer or a waterfront, it has to occupy one end. As for Cao Cao, after all, he was also a powerful figure in those days. For the sake of future generations, this grave can't be too shabby, can it?
Nowadays, there are different opinions about where Cao Cao's tomb is. The first is that Cao Cao built seventy-two suspected tombs in the southwest of Yecheng, which is now in Cixian County, Hebei Province. The second theory is that Cao Cao was buried underwater. He laid a secret passage at the bottom of the Zhanghe River and set up a clever organ to prevent grave robbery. That is, the story mentioned in Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio can only be seen when the river is dry. The third argument is that Cao * * * was not buried in Yecheng, but was buried outside Xuchang City in central Henan Province. The fourth is that Cao Cao was buried under Santai, such as Tongquetai in Yecheng, which is now Santai Village. The fifth statement is even more interesting. Seventy-two suspected tombs are simply not credible. This so-called seventy-two may be just an imaginary number, and the real tomb may be hidden in the seventy-third one.
There are many different opinions about Cao Cao's tomb. Which one is the most correct and exact? Don't worry, please listen to me slowly.
Third, Cao Cao's tombstone
To talk about this ancient tomb, whether it belongs to emperors or generals or ordinary people with money, as a rule, there is a monument in front of the tomb, which says the tomb of XXX. Has there ever been such a monument in front of Cao Cao's tomb?
don't tell me, this matter is well documented. In those days, Cao Cao once wrote an article called "Let the county know its own will", so in this article, Cao Cao once mentioned that his ambition at that time was to set up a monument in Shinto after his death, which he himself had drawn up. What was it called? It's called the tomb of Cao Hou, the general of the Western Han Dynasty. This is the tenth year of Jian 'an, that is to say, it happened in 21 AD. However, before Cao Cao died, more than a year before the twenty-fifth year of Jian 'an, that is, the twenty-third year of Jian 'an, Cao Cao made another order. He said that after he died, he would be buried in a suit, and the tomb would not be sealed. What does it mean not to seal or tree? That is to say, there are no mounds and there are no landmark buildings. So if Cao Cao's last words are carried out seriously, it is debatable that some people saw the tablet in Cao Cao's tomb, as mentioned in folklore and novels.
But at that time, there was a small wooden tombstone in the tomb in the Han Dynasty and Wei and Jin Dynasties. At the beginning of the 2th century, Mr. Zhicheng Deng, a professor at Peking University, once wrote a book called "Notes on Gu Dong". According to his records in the book, it was true that a fellow villager in Cixian got this tablet at that time and it existed in the county government of Cixian. But the author didn't see it himself, so it's unclear what happened later. Judging from these two things, whether Cao Cao has set up a tombstone for himself has now become an unsolved case.
fourth, Cao Cao's tomb is close at hand
interestingly, in recent two years, an archaeologist has discovered an important new evidence of the location of Cao Cao's tomb, that is, an ancient tomb of the Southern and Northern Dynasties was discovered in Linzhang, Hebei Province. The epitaph on this ancient tomb clearly says that this tomb was built next to Cao Cao's tomb. Through this sentence, people can roughly judge the location of Cao Cao's tomb.
According to some existing evidence, Cao Cao's tomb should be near Zhanghe River, but the problem is that Zhanghe River has been rebuilt many times, and the tomb of Cao Cao in that year may have been washed away by Zhanghe River water. Moreover, there are rumors among the people. It is said that Cao Pi was sad because the Zhanghe River destroyed Cao Cao's tomb and there was no place to sacrifice.
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It seems that the story that people said that Cao Cao's tomb was found at the bottom of the river is not groundless. Think about it, there are a lot of seals on this tomb. After being washed away by the flood, the remaining structure of the tomb may be a masonry structure. Because it is very strong, it will stay at the bottom of the river, and it will be possible when it is discovered later.