Funeral objects from the Qin Dynasty Chinese people the culture of death

No species of the world from such concerns as human death. Why do people die? There is no soul after death? Soul gone? This is the man repeatedly asked since ancient times, has been the outstanding issues. So all the world of ancient culture, have to ask for the onset of death and the soul. Whether worship, witchcraft, philosophy or theology. The ancient Egyptians believe in the soul after death will not die, but continue to attach into the body. So, they put the bodies of mummified pharaohs, and the construction of the pyramids were placed such a luxurious tomb.
    Ancient Chinese people also have similar ideals. Shang Dynasty, people believed that the soul after death will live in another world, and the tombs is the soul of the home. To make the soul after death is not to be lonely, with the living sacrificial victims of this tragic system will come into being. According to archaeological discoveries, sacrificial victims were mostly slaves and concubines to ensure the tomb owner was in another world waited, and not lonely.
    Zhou dynasty, the Duke of Zhou Wangguo in the consolidation of political power than the largest one thing to do is "ritual music", provides a set of elaborate rituals, called "Rites of Zhou." In the Zhou, the rituals and account for a large proportion of the funeral, and the dazzling, dizzying, and only experts can ever know. Experts specializing Zhou, known as "Confucian." If the place now, a bit like those of Confucius by specific make arrangements for weddings and funerals, and white matter is the main meal of the "Master."
    However, Shang Chou has been a marked than progress, because Zhou has not advocated the martyrdom. Even so, sacrificed people were still prevalent. Such as the concubine concubine, war lords play country and the lives lost Zhou You Wang, although the country breaking his death, there are still hundreds of people buried, and were female. In the sun room are busy for the country and lives lost to the underworld, there are thought to busy for this guy is a model worker.
    Chinese history, the most thorough study of the funeral, is Confucius. Confucius not only carry forward the funeral, so this practice has become a norm, so that many people sold their bodies buried in the Father and brought it into a huge industry. In this regard, a very objective evaluation of Mencius: "another funeral practice was a long time, important for the coffin, mostly for clothes quilt, if resettlement die, cry for three years, helping the newcomer, the rod underwent ear unknown, at present no see, this is sufficient ruin the world. "
    Today, we comb the state of Qin documented history of the three sacrificial victims to such a man-eating system and have knowledge and understanding of the culture of death.
  The first death occurred in the Qin Wugong. The Qin Wugong not that compete in weightlifting too much force to his Fa Qin King Wu, the two were a difference of 370 years. Qin Wugong at 697 BC to 678 BC. At that time, the Duke of hegemony has just begun, Jin hegemony though still a few years later, however, is the world first-class power. Camouflage from the two major powers, the Central Plains is very little room left to Qin Wugong of displaying. Qin Wugong inside out over the counter to Quanrong attack, have destroyed several small tribes, the establishment of three counties. But nothing more.
    In 678 BC, Qin Wugong death, opened a bad precedent: "As people from the dead, 66 people from the dead." On this incident, there is no more historical records. But I guess it must be Qinwu Gong's last wish before he died, instead of living in the ass. Because, first, Qin Wugong not prominent living who admire the achievements. Second, the Qin Wugong death, the succession were not his son, but his younger brother. This at least shows that the state of Qin Qin Wugong on the general affairs of state control over it. Third, this is the first time the state of Qin living sacrificial victims. Zhou has no advocate in the case, in addition to the sovereign, and no one dared to mention such a proposal.
  The second death occurred in the King of Mu.
    King of Mu is a dominating feudal history Qin monarch. His greatest achievement was the year 623 BC, the Qin and expeditions, under the capture of cotton in Jiuzun kings. Then beachhead, has conquered more than 20 Rong Di Xiaoguo, including forcing the government Eastward of Quan Rong Zhou tribe, the state of Qin to provide land thousands of miles. This history, the history, "King of Mu Pa Xirong." King Xiang of Zhou King of Mu Ku send gift to show congratulations to establish hegemony in the state of Qin.
    Tell the truth, King of Mu's hegemony and the Duke, the lord than a lot of really poor level of attainment. But for the state of Qin, which is already a remarkable achievement.
    621 BC, King of Mu death, "a hundred 77 people from the dead, of W. Qin Zi Yu's three interest-sounding name Um, Chung OK, pin the tiger, also among the dead. Qin sorrow, to make songs Poem of Yellow Bird. "to senior officials of the sacrificial victims, King of Mu unprecedented. Car suddenly interest rates, car bur Tiger Chung Line and the three individual operations are very brave, when the man known as the "cars, the three good", is a minister of the Qin Gu Gong. Qin was originally located in remote, wisdom occlusion, lack of qualified personnel, the folly of such self-defeating behavior, making the end of the Qin hegemony quickly.
    This is a sacrificial object behavior, is undoubtedly the King of Mu alive their own arrangements. King of Mu is said to have long hoped for a minister with him, end their lives.Thus, once with his ministers as banquets, wine had gone round three and vegetables than five flavors, while we theosophy into a paste, the tongue to change the command from the impulse occasion, he say: "Let the international monarch and his subjects will be, rarely. Health time with the music, died of grief should be the same Yeah! "car's three wooden club that do not know really want to Modoribashi on Chan Fu in the elderly, still can not resist the power of alcohol disorder Paixiong Fu, that is a spot position, willing to die the same day the same year.Duke Mu of Qin moved in pitch darkness, almost four spot with no road.
    Qin on "vehicles, the three good" sacrificial victims both sad and angry, is doing "Yellow Bird" song, to commemorate. This fully shows that the system unpopular sacrificial victims, is a dead end.
    Subsequently, several of the Qin Guojun Lord, no further implementation of the sacrificial victims. 384 BC, the Qin Xiangong just ascended the throne, ordered the sacrificial victims on the system abolished. "In the year offer, only from the dead."
    But this did not make sacrificial victims activities come to an end. After 170 years of Chinese history, the arrival of the largest sacrificial victims.
 
    In the year 209 BC, Qin Shi Huang had just closed his eyes.
    In order to show the world their illustrious martial arts, each exterminate a vassal state, the emperor must be in accordance with this country style palace in Xianyang to build one. Musical instruments and bells and drums were seized from beautiful wives, and the placement of them.Of course, these people are pretty good, whether she is or South Korea's Angels Hebei Jiali, a slender waist, or Qi Wei Chu rouge women now have only one master, that is, as Castles in the world of the emperor. Qin Shi Huang unified not only the six countries, but also "unified" in the six countries of the harem.
    The beauty there? Said to have people over. How many of these beauties have been the emperor's Linxing it? Do not know. The emperor has more than 20 sons, daughters, if there are as many words, that there are 45 ten children. Even if every child has a different mother, and only 45 women for the emperor had a baby 10. This calculation, Qin Shi Huang Lin Xing-off women to say also a few hundred. No wonder Du Mu in the "Metrical Fu" in desperation: "They have not seen those 30 years." A woman, 30 years have not seen their own "husband" is really the greatest human tragedy.
    Fortunately, no need to wait until the 37th years. First Emperor died, Hu Hai order: non-a child who Xiandi Temple, the Yan inappropriate. Engraved from the dead. Hu Hai is really a filial son! We do not know even the maids are not sacrificial objects together, but this possibility should be very large.
    Maid of Honor and the concubines also tombs, as well as craftsmen. "Buried already, or in the words craftsmen for the machine, known to the Zang, Zang weight that is leaking. Event completion, has Zang, closed in envy, envy under the outer door closed craftsmen do Zang, those with no back who."
    Million people above accompanied the emperor ascended to heaven, the emperor at the same time lift the loneliness of the worry, do not know will not be strangled one time. Qin, the sacrificial victims are essentially abolished. But by the early Ming, actually began to revive from the emperor. Shows North Korea is China's dynastic history, the most disgusting, a little true. Until the next Hidemune before the abolition of the system again.
    Qing Dynasty, there are still a sacrificial object records. 1673, Kangxi issued an edict, prohibited, sacrificial victims system completely from the historical stage. 
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