Four sects of tomb raiding (a brief introduction to the four sects in the history of tomb raiding)
Among the four schools, Mojin and Faqiu have a history and originated from Cao Cao.
The reason is that the social economy was greatly damaged at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it was difficult for Cao Cao, who was determined to wipe out the heroes, to raise money, so he organized a special person to rob the tomb to get money and subsidize the military pay.
Of course, his thoughts are also closely related to the ancient reburial in China.
According to the Water Classic Note, Cao Cao stole Liang Xiaowang's tomb and got tens of thousands of pounds of treasure at a time.
Later, Chen Lin, Yuan Shao's counselor, specifically accused Cao Cao of this matter when he was recruiting, saying, "The first emperor's mother and brother had graves, pines, cypresses and mulberry trees, so they should be respectful. Cao Cao led officials to personally dig and break the coffin naked. Up to now, the sacred dynasty has burst into tears and the people are heartbroken. He also sent a high commander to touch Captain Jin, and all the ruins were exposed. "
It is puzzling that although Cao Cao was dissatisfied with Chen Lin's insulting ancestors as eunuchs after capturing Chen Lin, he did not make excuses for robbing the tomb.
However, some people have put forward different opinions. They think that Cao Cao's tomb-robbing is a myth, and the reason why they accuse him of tomb-robbing is entirely because when Cao Cao led an army to crusade against Tao Qian in Xuzhou, his troops burned, killed and looted everywhere, and robbed people's graves. Cao Cao not only failed to restrain himself, but also destroyed Tao Qian's ancestral grave. So, someone arranged for Cao Cao to rob the tomb.
In fact, no matter whether Cao Cao's grave robbery is true or not, touching gold to send mountains did later evolve into a special term for grave robbery.
Touch the Golden Sect: Good at locating burial sites through astrology and geomantic omen.
This sect never laid hands on the graves of ordinary people, but only focused on the luxurious graves of princes and nobles.
They pay attention to things, and only take a few funerary objects from the tomb every time they enter the tomb.
One is to leave a way out for yourself, and the other is to leave a way out for future generations.
Touching the gold character is the identification sign of the person who touches the gold. They are made of pangolin's sharpest claws and can be done by many specific processes.
After it is made, it is engraved with two ancient seal characters of "touch the gold".
When robbing a tomb, they often light a bright lamp.
If the lights go out in the process, they will give up robbing the tomb and leave quickly to respect the dead.
This scene is often written in the novel "Ghost Blows the Lamp".
In fact, they lit these lights to facilitate work at night and monitor the oxygen content in the tombs in real time.
In fact, even if the lights don't go out, the rooster will leave as soon as it crows, which is also the rule set by the grandfathers of Mojin School.
Touch the golden symbol
Faqiu Sect: Different from the gold-touching Sect, they pay attention to cooperation and invite many people to rob the tomb together. Their disciples either call themselves General Faqiu, Faqiu Tianguan or Faqiu Lingguan, and often act as pawnbrokers and antique dealers as a cover.
Like touching gold, Faqiu Party is not interested in small tombs.
When they find large tombs, they will use astrology and geomantic knowledge to determine the location of tombs and burial chambers.
Because it is a team crime, they especially like to make plans and various evacuation plans.
However, although the success rate of team crime is higher than that of gold diggers, uneven distribution and confidentiality of stolen goods often become a big trouble afterwards.
Therefore, many rules of Faqiu School are mainly formulated for stolen goods sharing and confidentiality agreements.
Their master's sign is wearing a bronze seal of Maoqiu, and the words engraved on it are quite atmospheric, saying "God bless the people and forgive them".
Mid-Levels School: This school sprouted in Qin and Han Dynasties and flourished in the middle of Qing Dynasty.
Most of the disciples of this school are solitary and like Taoist costumes to dazzle people, so they are called "mountain walkers".
Compared with the other three schools, Yishan School has low technical content and great damage to tombs.
"Opening the horn" is a typical way of robbing the tomb of this sect.
The reason for doing this is to release the poisonous gas in the tomb to the greatest extent and reduce the chance of the grave robbers fainting.
Therefore, blasting has become one of their favorite means.
In fact, the reason why they like blasting is very simple: the sect was established late, valued money and things, and was not proficient in Feng Shui.
Xie Ling School: It is the most controversial of the four schools. It is said that its founder is a bandit leader.
In short, they are a group of people between outlaws and grave robbers.
When there is no tomb to steal, the leader will turn his disciples into outlaws and plunder property.
So people can't tell whether their main business is robbing houses or digging graves.
This school is good at learning. In the Northern Song Dynasty, it integrated the techniques of the Golden Touch School and the Yishan School, and created its own signature style: sniffing the soil in the deep soil with its nose to identify tombs.
Of course, they also need to consider the difference in feel and soil color when hitting the shovel.
Different from shifting mountains for profit, Xie Ling School has a strong national outlook.
When the Mongols invaded the Central Plains, they tried to rob Genghis Khan's mausoleum to destroy his Long Mai.
Therefore, Yuan Ting hated it, and organized a special killer organization to assassinate Xie Ling Sect.