What is the reason why Lu Bu betrayed Dong Zhuo? This is related to a tomb robbery incident
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Tomb robbing novels are an art form that has gradually become popular in Chinese online literature in recent years. "Tomb Robbery Notes", "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" and "Qin Zang" are also very popular, so that people are interested in ancient Chinese tomb robbing. They became interested in what he said and thought that robbing tombs could yield thousands of taels of gold.
But in fact, there was a kind of tomb robbery in ancient times. Its purpose was not to steal treasures, but to seek the elixir of immortality. We definitely know now that this is all a lie, but ancient emperors or powerful people wanted to find something to look forward to. For example, many people thought that the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang contained the elixir of immortality.
What I’m talking about today is relatively unpopular. It is said that there was an elixir in the tomb of an old lady in the Han Dynasty. This old lady is also the mother of the Confucian master Dong Zhongshu.
Dong Zhongshu was a key figure in the development of Confucianism. A great Confucian in the Han Dynasty, he deposed hundreds of schools of thought and only respected Confucianism, establishing the core position of Confucianism in Chinese culture.
But in fact, although this person promoted Confucianism, he also liked to engage in some Taoist activities. For example, in addition to lecturing on Confucian classics, Dong Zhongshu’s personal hobby was to practice elixirs. , it is said that he also likes to talk about gods and ghosts, so this statement that has lasted for thousands of years and that the emperor does not like is called telepathy between heaven and man. Now in history, it is said that the purpose of this telepathy is to restrain the king. For example, if it thunders here and rains there, it is because you, the emperor, did something wrong. But in fact, it gradually evolved and began to rely on the prime minister below. This is a story for another time.
In short, heaven can influence human affairs and predict disasters and auspiciousness, but this theory belongs to Taoism or Yin-Yang theory, because the core idea of Chinese Feng Shui is in line with the induction of heaven and man. For example, if you do good deeds, you will be rewarded, or if the previous generation does good deeds, the next generation will be rewarded with blessings, such as smoke rising from ancestral graves.
But it can be regarded as a coincidence. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty believed in this theory at that time. Dong Zhongshu received the attention of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty because he proposed the induction of heaven and man, and Confucianism developed so quickly. But Dong Zhongshu almost fell into trouble.
In the 6th year of the founding of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, fires broke out in the Gaoyuan Hall in Changling and the Gaomiao in Liaodong. Dong Zhongshu began to make nonsense and wrote an article saying that God was angry. But before it was revealed, someone called Zhu Fuyan came, the mastermind behind Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's push for favor. Later Liu Bei thanked him for his misfortune when he first started to live in such a miserable state.
Who would have expected that the father-in-law took a look and handed the document to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty with his backhand. Dong Zhongshu originally wanted to hand it over, but he just wanted to give advice and give advice. But if someone else handed it over to you, then it would be like saying bad things behind your back. It is really unreasonable to explain. So Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was furious and fired Dong Zhongshu.
So the story of Dong Zhongshu is actually over, but news spread in later generations that he had contacts with many warlocks who refined medicine. Many people thought that there might be the secret to immortality or longevity.
I don’t know why, but the news spread from one person to another, and the news became that this elixir of life was hidden in his mother’s tomb. Because Dong Zhongshu once built a tomb of clothes and hats for his mother. Poor filial piety was destroyed by tomb robbers in later generations.
By the end of the Tang Dynasty, the rumors of this fairy tomb became more and more popular. The warlord at that time was called Qin Zongquan, and he sent more than a hundred troops to rob the tomb, but something happened.
According to records, the weather was extremely weird when digging. It rained suddenly on a sunny day, and it rained continuously for more than a month. It is said that when tomb robbers dig the grave, rain can cause the ground to collapse. The tomb is located on a concave surface, but it will be submerged during excavation, making it impossible to rob the tomb.
The reason why the tomb of Haihunhou in Jiangxi Province that was discovered a few years ago escaped the disaster is that legend has it that when tomb robbers dug into the tomb, they found it was full of water, which is called a water hole.
As for whether any elixir was dug out of this tomb later, it is unknown. You can also think about it for yourself. Zhang Qiling was so popular, otherwise the person who took the medicine would probably be a Internet celebrity bar.
It is said that Lu Bu was also sent by Dong Zhuo to dig Maoling. This Maoling was the tomb of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was old, he overhauled algebra and invited countless Taoist priests to refine medicine for immortality. Therefore, many people believe that he succeeded, but died before he could take it, and that the medicine was in the ground. It is exactly the same as the legend of Qin Shihuang. It is probably made up by someone.
However, because Dong Zhuo had a granddaughter named Dong Bai who was born mute, Dong Zhuo wanted to find a fairy medicine to cure his granddaughter's illness, so he sent Lu Bu. It is said that when the tomb was dug at that time, a piece of silk cloth was found with the words: "Thousand-mile grass, He Qingqing, ten days of divination, no birth." Of course, the thousand-mile grass is Dong, and the ten days of divination is of course Zhuo. What does it mean? Dong Zhuo is going to die. So some people later speculated that the reason why Lu Bu betrayed Dong Zhuo was probably related to him seeing this cloth.
However, current archaeological evidence shows that these things are probably all made up, including the elixir of life, which completely violates biological science. However, there will be ancient medical classics in the tombs. For example, 920 medical slips were unearthed from the Tianhuizhen Han Tomb in Chengdu, including ten medical books, which brought a fortune to traditional Chinese medicine.