"Oh, so fashionable!"

"Ivory stud earrings!"

"This thing is not cheap now, isn't it?"

We just finished studying the "Zhao Lan" seal and determined that it is the private seal of Mrs. Zhao Huyou.

Over there, Lin Ya found a pile of decayed lacquerware in the northern part of the room, behind the coffins of Madam Right and Madame Bu, as well as a small ivory earring next to the lacquerware.

Why could Lin Ya recognize these earrings?

Because the same model has actually been unearthed in China before.

Don’t think that earrings are imported and are foreign jewelry introduced to China by Europeans.

Archaeological discoveries around the world have proven that earrings were a favorite ornament of almost every nation in ancient times, and were worn by both men and women.

Ancient Egyptians, Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, and Indians all loved earrings.

The same goes for Chinese people.

However, in ancient China, traditional Chinese people would not wear earrings because of the saying that "the body's hair and skin are influenced by its parents."

In the beginning, the Chinese people in the Central Plains, that is, the Chinese people under Zong Zhou's rule, did not wear earrings, but they would wear earrings for slaves and "lowly people".

This is a humiliating punishment.

However, in the Wu Chu Yue Kingdom in southern China, because they have their own culture, it is common for Wu Chu Yue to have tattoos on their bodies and wear earrings.

It doesn't mean anything humiliating, it's just a cultural preference.

Later, Han women also gradually became popular in wearing earrings. By the Song and Ming dynasties, ear piercing and wearing rings became a trend, and everyone from common people to queens and ladies wore earrings.

However, this trend is not a "beauty-loving" trend.

Rather, etiquette was prevalent during the Song and Ming dynasties.

In the Confucian thought of the Song and Ming Dynasties, which restricted women, piercing a hole in a woman's ear and hanging ear beads was a reminder to them to live a well-behaved life and act cautiously.

Because there are ear beads hanging on the ears, if you move too much, you will make a sound, which serves as a "warning".

I hope that after wearing earrings, a woman will become a lady and not be too active in her behavior, but learn to be quiet and "be a well-behaved person".

Earrings have become a bondage for Chinese women, not only restricting their movements, but also their souls.

It was in modern times that earrings truly got rid of the constraints of etiquette and became a symbol of "love of beauty" and "beauty".

Push back the time two thousand years to the Nanyue Kingdom in the early Western Han Dynasty.

Wearing earrings is similar to the modern trend. There is no so-called ethical restraint. It is simply because women love beauty.

This is quite emotional.

After Chinese civilization progressed, it continued to regress in certain things.

Originally a simple piece of jewelry, in an era of strict etiquette, it became a symbol of restraint for women.

The discovery of ivory earrings was just a small episode.

Except for Lin Ya, who was a woman and was a little more curious about this earring, the other straight men basically didn't pay much attention to this earring.

But when I noticed the earrings, I noticed the pile of lacquered wood next to them.

"This... seems to be a gambling game, right?"

Chen Han gently flipped through the pile of lacquered wood remnants uncertainly, and carefully took out an item with a gilt copper frame, but the lacquered wood in the middle had long since decayed.

Next to this lacquered woodware, there is a broken lacquered box. The upper part of the box is gone and only a little bit of the base is left, but the dozen ivory chess pieces in the middle are still there.

The discovery of the chess pieces basically confirmed that this should indeed be a game!

The game actually refers to the chess board, or the gambling board when gambling.

There is a very famous allusion about gambling.

Emperor Jing of the Western Han Dynasty, when he was still the prince, once met the prince of King Wu to play chess together.

However, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty was not very good at chess. Seeing that he could not beat Prince Wu, he got angry and picked up the game and smashed the chessboard on Prince Wu's head, killing Prince Wu with a chessboard.

This was also one of the triggers of the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion and one of the reasons why King Wu Liu Bi was determined to rebel against Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty.

When you were still the prince, you used a chessboard to smash my son to death when you were angry.

I can't stand this.

As a result, after you came to power, you actually prepared to cut down the vassal clan?

It is unbearable!

I rebelled!

Then it took Zhou Yafu three months to put down the rebellion...

The broken game in front of Chen Han was one of the triggers that triggered the rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms.

It's a pity that the Nanyue King's game has been seriously damaged.

The gaming table made of lacquered wood has completely decayed and turned into a pile of black mud on the ground. Only the curved-foot-shaped gilt copper frame that was originally inlaid on the four sides of the gaming table still remains.

And this seems to indirectly explain to everyone why Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty was able to kill Prince Wu with a chessboard.

Everyone should have seen the Go board, right?

That kind of thin chessboard doesn't look like it can hit someone to death. The most it can hit is on the head, and then the board will break a hole, and the person will be dizzy for a while, but he will not die.

However, the chessboard with copper edges is different...

Copper has been used as a weapon in China for two thousand years...

It can really kill someone...

According to the remaining gilt copper frame, the plane of the game board should be approximately square, 58 cm long and 52 cm wide, and the board thickness is about 1.7 cm.

Such a piece of copper frame 58 cm long and 52 cm wide was hit on the head, and it was a full blow in anger.

There seems to be no problem with the victim being reincarnated immediately...

In addition to this remaining game, a total of 12 ivory chess pieces were found in the lacquer boxes placed on the game.

The quantity is a bit low.

There are 12 chess pieces. Even if there may be more original chess pieces, it is estimated that there are only twenty or thirty pieces.

This amount is obviously not enough to play Go.

"Is it possible that Zhao Hu is playing backgammon?" Chen Han thought nonsensically in his mind.

Of course, this is just a joke.

The only chess game that can be seen in history books played by the Chinese in BC was Go, but it was not called Go at that time, it was called "Yi".

This is also the origin of the word "chess".

Legend has it that Yao invented Go to teach his son Danzhu.

In other words, Go may have appeared as early as the Yao and Shun period.

However, this legend lacks argument.

But during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was already very common for Chinese people to play chess.

"Zuo Zhuan: The Twenty-Fiveth Year of Duke Xiang" records: "The player is uncertain about the move and is unable to win against his partner. How about placing the king and not being able to decide? It is inevitable!"

This is the earliest and most accurate record of Go in history books.

The twenty-fifth year of Duke Xiang was 548 BC.

In other words, at least before 548 BC, Go was born in China!

It is not surprising that Zhao Hu could master Go, take it underground and continue playing chess.

The only strange thing is that there are really too few chess pieces.

And this doubt is destined to be unanswered.

－－－－－－Digression－－－－－

Just kidding, the political factors behind the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion were very complicated, not just because the son of King Wu was killed by a chessboard from Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty.

The main issue is the reduction of vassals.
Chapter completed!