If tomb raiding is an "ancestral" craft, who was the earliest tomb raider in history?

We have read a lot of tomb-robbing novels now, among which the tomb-raiders often return to Cao Cao's alchemy as the captain. In fact, the real robbery occurred much earlier than Cao Cao, and there were related robbery records in the Zhou Dynasty. For example, the words in "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals" quoted in our last article show that there was a serious grave robbery at that time. We can even say that the history of grave robbery in China is almost as long as that in China.

Let's look at Sima Qian's historical records, and there are also many places that mention grave robbery. "Biography of Huo Zhi" has "Digging a grave, committing rape, and Shu Tian starting work", which means that Shu Tian started from digging a grave and robbing a tomb; Guo Jie, the hero in The Legend of the Ranger, also does the business of "casting money to dig graves" in his spare time.

If these are just private grave-robbing activities, Dong Zhuo started the grave-robbing business of warlord gangs at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The reflection (volume 6) and biography of Shu Wei Dong Zhuochuan recorded that in February of the first year of Chuping, the emperor moved the capital to Chang 'an and set fire to Luo Yang Palace, and learned that the tomb was excavated and treasures were taken. The seventy-two biographies of Dong Zhuo in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty wrote clearly about Dong Zhuo's instigation of Lu Bu to rob the tomb: "Zhuo stayed in Country Garden, but regretted burning the official residence in the palace and temple, and there was no reburial within 200 miles of Fiona Fang, which made Lu Bu send emperors' tombs and officials to search for treasures. "

Of course, Cao Cao, the favorite ancestor of tomb-robbing novels, has also done tomb-robbing by warlord gangs. Chen Lin clearly wrote in the article "For Yuan Shao, Bayuzhou": "... the mother of the first emperor Kun had a grave, mulberry, pine and cypress, so she should be respectful. But Cao Shuai and his officials personally dug, broke coffins and naked bodies, and took a little treasure. Up to now, the sacred dynasty has burst into tears and the people are sad. " "A trip to Yuzhou for Yuan Shao" also wrote, "(Cao Cao) sent a high general, touched a gold captain, and died suddenly, with no bones left." Cao Cao also set up two official positions, namely "Captain Touching Gold" and "Commander Faqiu", which made grave robbers more professional. This is also the main reason why the grave robbers later recognized Cao Cao as the grandfather.