Chapter 1122 Conditions
In the archaeological world, there are many archaeologists and historians are arguing about the case, the reason is that a lot of the truth has been extinguished in the river of history, the descendants can only be based on some of the remaining clues to deduce, but can not be restored to the year of the real thing that happened.
Like the temple just freshly baked this batch of Dunhuang documents, although Zhuang Rui and Dr. Ren can determine their provenance, but these precious cultural relics in the end how to come from Dunhuang to this uninhabited desert? And why did they come? To reveal these mysteries, I’m afraid that it is still on Nakagawa’s body.
Nakagawa heard the words of Zhuang Rui, the heart is also very entangled, now, he also understands that, and then want to Dunhuang documents as unclaimed property smuggling to Japan, almost impossible thing.
After thinking for a while, Nakagawa raised his head to look at Zhuang Rui and said, “I can tell the origin of the treasure map, and I’m willing to take out the treasure map as well as the notes of that party back then, but I have a request.”
When Zhuang Rui heard that there were also notes, he was overjoyed and quickly said, “What request? You can say.”
To know, what happened in ancient times and recorded in the history books, there are many are interpreted and adapted by future generations of historians, only the handwriting left by the parties involved represents the most authentic historical truth.
“First, the name of this archaeological discovery announced to the public, there must be my name, and second, in my family, there are some professionals who study Dunhuang culture, and I hope that they can participate in the follow-up research work of this scientific research. If you agree to these two conditions, I can take those Dunhuang documents that my great-grandfather Yoshikawa obtained from his explorations in China back then and share them with you, but the research results produced must have the name of our Japanese Dunhuang Research Society.”
After thinking for a while, Nakagawa put forward three conditions, hearing Zhuang Rui frowned, after a while before saying, “Mr. Nakagawa, I can’t give you an answer to this matter, I need to report it to the higher authorities and listen to their opinions.”
In fact, Zhuang Rui heard Nakagawa’s words, the heart is still very uncomfortable, but this kind of discomfort is unable to be written in the mouth.
Dunhuang culture is originally unique to China, but due to the loss of those documents in foreign countries too much, resulting in Dunhuang Cultural Research Society is not only a Chinese one, their own country’s culture but to discuss with other countries, which is also considered a hundred years ago the legacy of the country’s weakness, right!
Nakagawa was able to understand Zhuang Rui’s mindset of not being able to make a decision on this matter, and at that moment nodded and said: ”Okay! Then Mr. Zhuang, can I first take a look at these Dunhuang scriptures that I got from the belly of the Buddha statue?”
Not far from thousands of miles to come to this desert, if in the end Zhongchuan even saw a piece of paper without slinking back, he was afraid that the rest of his life will feel unwilling to dream.
“Of course, but …… Mr. Nakagawa, I’m also very curious to know, this treasure map of yours, exactly how it came to be.”
Although Zhuang Rui promised in one breath, but the words that followed made Nakagawa feel that without revealing the origin of the treasure map, it was expected that Zhuang Rui would not let him enter the temple.
“That was my grandfather Yoshikawa.”
“Yoshikawa? The Japanese explorer who came to Dunhuang back then? Isn’t your last name Nakagawa?”
Dr. Ren couldn’t help but exclaim in shock after hearing Yan Xiaowei’s words translated over in the same voice, interrupting Nakagawa somewhat rudely.
“Our family was in the sixties, that as Nakagawa, it’s like this, back then, when my father was organizing the Dunhuang literature from Nakagawa, he found a diary.”
The objects on the treasure map have been discovered, there is no point in concealing this history by oneself, Nakagawa is very honest to give out that secret of decades ago, and even the content of Wang Daoshi’s diary, did not do anything to keep it.
“So it’s like this ……”
After listening to Nakagawa’s narration, Zhuang Rui and Ren Chunqiang looked at each other for a moment, and in front of their eyes, it was as if a volume of real images had unfolded: the camel caravan employed by Taoist Wang a hundred years ago accompanied by crisp camel bells, came to this ancient temple and hid this batch of precious Dunhuang literature in it.
Taking a long breath, Dr. Ren spoke, “It seems that the historical information about the Dunhuang Cave of Scriptures is going to be rewritten; the scripture literature unearthed in the Dunhuang Cave of Scriptures back then should not be more than 50,000 books, but more than 80,000 books.”
“Brother Ren, when you go out this time, you’ll stay behind to organize this information! In the past, you’ve also done research that has to do with Dunhuang culture.”
The release of this batch of literature was bound to set off a wave of Dunhuang culture, and the later research and organizing of these documents would be a very vast project, and a special research department would definitely be set up.
With this batch of more than 30,000 books of precious cultural relics, the research will be very smooth, and people involved in this research department, not to say that the fame and fortune, this is absolutely can not escape, at least can be crowned with a Dunhuang culture research experts.
Once Dr. Ren heard Zhuang Rui’s words, he knew that he was again shirking his credit, and quickly said, “No, this archaeology is led by you, and you must take part in the later research, so I’ll just play a hand.”
“Brother Ren, I don’t have a bit of research on Dunhuang culture, and the direction of the preliminary research is not on this, so I won’t participate.”
Zhuang Rui shook his head, when he was a graduate student, he majored in underwater archaeology, and several times the underwater salvage that shocked the archaeological world were mostly from his handwriting, but when it came to his doctorate, the direction of Zhuang Rui’s research was about the burial patterns and archaeological excavations of the Yuan Dynasty.
This choice of Zhuang Rui made Prof. Meng very incomprehensible at that time, but Zhuang Rui had his own considerations in mind.
Yuan Dynasty archaeology is a cold discipline in archaeology, although the Yuan Dynasty is the most extensive in Chinese history, but because of less than a century, not fully assimilated by the culture of the Central Plains, in its habits and burial patterns, retained the characteristics of the Mongols.
According to the very little information about Mongolian burials, Mongolian burial customs do not seal the earth and plant no trees, and there is no mausoleum, will choose an extremely secret place, with a large wood for the coffin, deeply buried with ten thousand horses after treading flat.
Then the place will be sealed up for three years, so that the grass and trees so that people do not know where it is, only in the burial of a young camel in this place to kill a camel and make the mother camel to watch, the mother camel to come to this place of sorrow in other years that is the place of burial.
Out of this kind of burial secrecy, so although the Yuan Dynasty existed for ninety-seven years, through 11 emperors, but from the Yuan Dynasty founding emperor Temujin to Yuan Shundei’s tomb, so far have not been found, which is also regarded as China’s archaeological world of a blank.
Zhuang Rui chose this out-of-the-way discipline because of his love for Yuan blue and white porcelain, and because finding the tombs of Yuan emperors was also a challenging test for him.
Not to mention the tomb of Genghis Khan, if Zhuang Rui can find any tomb of the Yuan dynasty emperor, it will stir up the whole world of archaeology, I’m afraid that the influence will not be under the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang.
To know, at that time, the Yuan Dynasty was an expedition to the Danube River in Europe, can be said to be rich in the world, the emperor is buried thickly, you can imagine the treasures hidden in their tombs.
“You kid still don’t die, Yuan dynasty emperor’s tomb that is so good to discover ah? It would be good if you could find a Yuan Dynasty noble’s tomb.”
Dr. Ren shook his head, he was aware of Zhuang Rui’s research direction for his doctoral studies, in his opinion, instead of choosing the nebulous Yuan dynasty emperors, it would be better to get down to business and study these Dunhuang documents!
“Oh, maybe we can bump into it, not to mention, Brother Ren, you guys get ready and return later!”
Zhuang Rui smiled and waved his hand, terminating the topic, with the help of the aura in his eyes, Zhuang Rui believed that as long as those imperial tombs were not in Outer Mongolia, he would definitely find something.
After everyone has eaten and rested for a while, Mangzi and Erdan drove the six camels with back baskets to the bottom of the temple gate, and this laborious work is again done by Zhuang Rui, placing two parcels of Dunhuang literature in each back basket.
But the limit of the six camels was just more than twenty parcels of scriptures, and there were still two to three thousand scrolls left in the main hall, except for the scrolls inside the other two statues of Buddha that hadn’t been destroyed yet.
“Brother Ren, Peng Fei, be careful on the road, Professor Man, I’m counting on you this time, these scriptures are priceless treasures, take care of them more.”
Since there were still two Buddha statues filled with Dunhuang literature inside the temple, as well as those scattered scriptures, Zhuang Rui did not send the crowd far away, and said goodbye to Dr. Ren and the others at the temple gate.
However, with Mangzi leading the way on the way back, Peng Fei escorting him, and Professor Man, the old desert, following him, I’m sure nothing will happen.
After sending off Dr. Ren and others, Zhuang Rui allowed Zhongchuan to enter the Great Hall of Treasure, anyway, the things are in front of their eyes, let Zhongchuan see will not be missing anything.
Zhuang Rui later thought carefully, Zhongchuan’s request, for the study of Dunhuang culture and the history of the rise and fall of those dynasties, or very complementary, is not impossible to consider.
After all, the Dunhuang documents unearthed a hundred years ago, almost three-fifths of the foreign countries, want to systematically and comprehensively research, or need to be hidden Dunhuang scrolls museums and private individuals with the cooperation of the artifacts.
Nakagawa also quieted down after seeing those scrolls, he did not study Dunhuang culture deeply, although he knew the value of these artifacts, but did not know the reason.
“Hm? What’s that sound?”
Three days after Dr. Ren and the others left, Zhuang Rui was studying a handwritten copy of the Ancient Spiritual Treasure Scriptures of the Southern Dynasty’s Tianshi Dao when he suddenly heard a strange buzzing sound.
“Airplanes, it’s helicopters, wow, several helicopters!”
Zhuang Rui had just stepped out of the Mahamudra, when he saw three green military helicopters hovering over the poplar forest.