Chapter 15 first quarter

"I, for a while I wanted to advocate archaeology!" Mr. Shuzo Yagi, a young associate professor of archeology at S University, said this while chatting with three students in the laboratory. The three students are Saburo Imaoka, Tadao Sugihara and Tadao Okamura.None of the three majored in archaeology. They came to Associate Professor Yagi out of interest. "Is there so-called 'shrine' archeology?" "Oh, yes. That was initiated by Naoichi Miyaji. It is said that from the perspective of archaeology, he studied the sacrificial vessels and ruins of shrines, as well as the knowledge about ancient mountain castle sites such as sacrifices and Kagami. Shrines are traditional forms passed down from generation to generation. , from here to explore the ancient way of life."

"Sir's 'Manyo' archeology is also very interesting, right?" Sugihara said. "It was studying the verses in the "Manyoshu" and exploring ancient life from it." "Hey, it turned out to be the same!" With a cigarette in his mouth, the associate professor changed the direction of his gaze.There are many restored deep bowl-shaped pottery excavated last summer.The evening sun shone through the glass windows, illuminating the ancient relics strewn about like an old furniture store.Wooden boxes full of stone axes, steles, and pottery shards were piled up on the shelves by the wall.

"But, sir!" It was Tadao Okamura who said this, "Manyo's poems are completely lyrical. Speaking of which, using the method of archaeological materialism, how to find clues from those metaphysical poems Woolen cloth?" "This is a reasonable question, and everyone would think so." The associate professor turned his attention to the students again, "It is true that Manyo's poems are written in a lyrical tone, full of literary words. Archeology intervenes in this field, Maybe it's rude, no, maybe it's dangerous. But, I'll give you a test question here. Do you know the poem "Atsunagawa" in the thirteenth volume?"

The three students looked at each other and replied that they didn't know. The associate professor opened the drawer, took out the library copy "Manyoshu", and turned to that page, "This is it!" The students all looked at where the associate professor pointed: It is called Hedi Jade, you can get it if you seek it, and you can get it if you pick it up.Just when we should cherish it, Xijun is approaching the end of his life. "It's like an exam in a college!" The associate professor smiled. "First of all, please explain this poem, Imaoka-san, how about it?" the associate professor said to the students sitting at the front.

"Yes." Saburo Imaoka, who was wearing glasses, stared intently at the poem, "I think it's like this: there is jade at the bottom of the famous river, should I seek it or pick it up? I don't know. All in all, there is such a piece of jade. And The emperor who cannot be changed like jade, unfortunately has reached old age, what a pity! Is this what you mean?" He stammered. "What do you think, Sugihara-kun and Okamura-kun? Was Imaoka-kun's explanation correct?" The two read the lines of the poem and replied: "Basically the same opinion."

Associate Professor said: "That explanation is good, but here we have our own understanding. For example, it is the problem of jade produced here. Everyone, what do you think of this jade?" "Aren't those born at the bottom of the river beautiful stones?" "A beautiful stone? Yes, that's not bad." The associate professor agreed, "Then, what is this famous river?" "There is such a river." The three people looked at each other, "Isn't this a modification of the noun jade? Needless to say, the river called Tingmingchuan does not actually exist, it seems to be like a crown word It is used to beautify the word jade."

"Then, I have to ask another question. There is a choice between seeking jade or picking jade here. What does this mean?" "Well, it's just added to highlight the theme of jade, and it's not meaningless if you think about it. I think even if it's jade, it's just for the sake of the sadness of the former lover." "However, according to this statement, the meaning of the phrase "seeking jade or picking jade" is really unclear. In fact, our Wanye archeology can also be said to start from the doubts of this word!" After hearing this, the three students looked at the associate professor's face together:

"Sir, what does that mean?" "Ah, ah..." The associate professor slowly exhaled the cigarette, as if deliberately making people anxious, and looked around their faces: "I'm just talking about it here, it's of no value, and I seem to be a little bit special. When you go back tonight, you can ask your seniors for advice, and then you can clearly understand what I said. If you are still interested , Tell me tomorrow what problems you need to understand.” The next day, the three students brought their books and notebooks to the associate professor early.All three seemed interested.

"Sir!" Saburo Imaoka said, "For the explanation of that poem, we looked through the literature separately. Generally speaking, there is no big difference from our explanation." "That's right!" The associate professor smiled, "Then, each of you sorts out the information you collected, and listen to the opinions of the seniors first, shall we?" All the materials brought in are laid out there. "This is "Annotation of the Collection of Thousand Leaves" edited by Qi Chong." "The book says: "Jade at the bottom of Tingmingchuan: Tingmingchuan belongs to a certain county. Emperor Suijing was regarded as the 'God Tingmingchuan Erzun', that is, because of Tingmingchuan, he got this kind of title.

"The jade in this river has its connotations. It refers to people as jade. The jade hidden at the bottom of the famous river can be found if you seek it, and you can find it if you pick it up. This is a metaphor for natural beauty." The second is the "Manyoji Ancient Meanings" by Masasumi Shikachi. Tingmingchuan belongs to the same place as Tingmingquan in Tian'an River.In the ancient theocratic era, it was called Tianzhen Famous Spring, also known as Tianting Famous Spring.Zhenmingquan is called "true", which means Zhenmingmingquan.It is said that this spring is only located in the middle of the Tian'an River, and it can be known by looking up the ancient affairs records and ancient history.However, it is called Ting's name, which is a borrowed meaning (such titles are often found in ancient books), and it is actually Qiongzhiquan.In ancient times, there was Qiongyu at the bottom of this spring, so it was named.

Tachibana Chiyin's "A Brief Explanation of the Collection of Thousand Leaves" says: Tingmingchuan can be interpreted as a pond.Or because of the production of Qiongyu, it is called Qiongzhiquan.It has become a rare thing in this world. Among the imperial posthumous posthumous titles of the emperors, there are those named after Ting Mingchuan, such as the Emperor Kamura, the Emperor Cangyushiki, and the Emperor Eijin.In the era of theocracy, there was still Ting Cang Chang Gorge in Tianjin, which was the territory of Juji County in Setjin Kingdom. "That's true. Now it's time to read the books of the modernists." The associate professor opened the next book, "Manyo Dictionary" by Nobuzuna Sasaka: Tingmingchuan, place name.Interpreted as the river in the sky, in the book "Age of Gods", it is called the famous spring of Tianting.It is said that there is a beautiful jade that can be found at the bottom of the river. Takeda Yukichi's "Manyoshu Complete Explanation": The marsh name river is an imaginary river, not a real place name.In the ancient history of Japan, there is a famous spring called Tenzu, and Emperor Tenmu posthumously named it Emperor Haraeijin.The "Marsh" mentioned here, according to the meaning of the text, is the meaning of "Ting", which is the original meaning of Qiong.The so-called "name" is a continuation particle, which forms the compound word "Numa Nagawa", which really means Yuchuan, which is only found in the sky.Chuandi Zangyu means that Tingmingchuan produces beautiful jade with spirituality. Nobuo Origuchi's "Multiple Collection of Kokushi": The peerless beauty, Empress Rongzi, was born as cute as Meiyu at the end of Numa Nakawa.Looking for that jade all over, is it the jade you are looking for?Or a jade picked up by chance?In short, it is a piece of beautiful and flawless jade, but it is a pity that it has been aged for a long time.The empress, who is as beautiful as jade, is approaching her twilight years, which is also extremely important.

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