Chapter 444 The Ancients

I don’t know if I’m fed up with students’ quarrels, or if I really like running newspapers, or if it’s both.

Anyway, Cheng Huailiang acted vigorously and urged Chen Jingke to go to the palace to ask for orders, while he himself went to Zixiao Temple to seek advice.

Chen Jingke knew that this was a serious matter, so he did not hesitate and went to the palace.

When Li Shimin heard about his intention, he did not directly say whether it was okay or not, but asked:

"Is it necessary to open a special journal for this matter? Can't we open a new column on Wangyuetan and Shuoyuetan?"

Chen Jingke said: "It is still necessary. Only communication can make progress in the study of physical studies."

"And it also needs an authoritative organization to standardize it, so as not to become a trick used by magicians to harm the people."

With his identity, he said the word "magic stick", which was full of joy, and Li Shimin couldn't help but laugh.

"The idea is good, but by doing this, the geophysics that we have finally developed will be copied by others."

Chen Jingke said: "This is inevitable, but the knowledge that really involves the core will definitely not be written on it."

"For example, how to make soda ash, we will only tell people around the world that there is such a thing, but we will not tell them the specific method of making it."

Li Shimin nodded and said solemnly: "It is not impossible to open another journal in this way, but again, good supervision must not be taken advantage of by outsiders."

Chen Jingke said seriously: "Don't worry, I know what's going on."

With the permission from the imperial court and the free assistance from Mochizuki Tan, the magazine "Science" was successfully launched.

However, at this time, it was only the school newspaper of Qiuxuan Academy and was not sold to the outside world.

No one knows that the second... or to be precise, the third journal of Datang was founded, and no one knows what role this magazine will play in the future.

But for many students at Qiuxuan Academy at this time, the appearance of the school newspaper was a timely blessing.

Finally, I have a channel to share my findings and conjectures with my classmates, and I can also find new inspiration here.

It was much more convenient than communicating in private - even though there were only over a thousand students in Qiuxuan Academy at this time, and even the staff were less than 1,200.

The emergence of a professional journal has given students a better stage to express their opinions, and incidents of private quarrels and even almost fights have obviously almost disappeared.

The campus has once again restored its former harmony.

Chen Jingke also calmed down again and worked with his classmates to establish a mathematical and physical framework and fill it in and improve it.

When he was busy in the academy that day, a Taoist boy came over panting and said that something big had happened at Zixiao Temple. The temple owner asked him to go back quickly.

Chen Jingke was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat. He didn't have time to ask more questions and hurried to Zixiao Temple.

When I arrived at the door, I found that everyone was normal. It didn't look like something big had happened. Could it be that the matter had been covered up temporarily and not spread?

With this thought in mind, he was led all the way to an attic by the messenger.

Treasure Medicine Pavilion.

Is this Zixiaoguan's pharmacy? Did something happen here?

He opened the door and walked in without being informed, and found Sun Simiao and a large group of people gathered around a table discussing something.

Even Yihe, Yilian, Zhou Xiang and others are there.

Only then did he feel relieved a little. Don't worry about what happened, as long as no one was killed, there is room for remedy for other things.

When everyone saw him coming in, they all came forward to say hello.

"Master, what happened?" Chen Jingke wiped his sweat and asked.

Sun Simiao said with a serious expression: "It's not that something happened, it's that something extraordinary was discovered... He Guanshi, you are most familiar with the specific process, tell him again."

He Dachun, the director of Baoyao Pavilion, said excitedly: "Today we purchased a new batch of medicinal materials. When I inspected them, I found strange lines on the dragon bones."

"After I checked it, I found that it didn't look like it was formed naturally, but more like it was carved into it. I didn't pay much attention at first, thinking that someone was carving it out of boredom."

"But after checking all the keel bones, I found that most of them have lines, and many of the lines are exactly the same..."

Chen Jingke's mind was buzzing when he heard this. He didn't hear a word he said after that. There was only one thought in his mind:

Keel? Artificially carved patterns? Are there many similar patterns?

No, no, no, no, it can’t be Oracle.

Although he is not a researcher in this field, he still knows what Oracle is.

It can even be said that we know it relatively clearly. The earliest oracle bone inscriptions found on dragon bones in history were.

Now there are both keels and patterns, it’s hard not to think of it in this aspect.

If the oracle bone inscriptions were really discovered, it would really be a world-shaking discovery.

When everyone saw his expression, they knew that he should be familiar with this thing, at least he knew it, and this thing was very unusual.

Could it be that, as guessed, these lines are a kind of writing?

If that were the case, that would be extraordinary.

He Dachun continued: "I copied these lines and found that they looked like a kind of writing..."

"So I found the editor-in-chief of Yihe, and after reading it, she thought it was a kind of writing that she had never seen before."

Yihe nodded and said: "I asked everyone to check it together. Everyone agreed that it was like writing, but they were not sure... so I invited the viewer."

Sun Simiao said: "After I read it, I thought it looked like writing, but I have never seen it before. Thinking that you are well-informed, I asked you to come and take a look."

Chen Jingke nodded excitedly and said to He Dachun: "Where is the copy you copied? Show it to me."

"This is it." He Dachun said, pointing to a pile of paper on the table.

Chen Jingke walked to the table in three steps and two steps at a time. When he saw the symbols on the paper clearly, his heart was so excited that it almost jumped out of his chest.

"Oracle Bone Inscriptions, it's really Oracle Bone Inscriptions, haha..."

The way he lost his composure shocked everyone. Although discovering a type of writing that they have never seen before is a happy thing, they shouldn't be so happy.

Many kinds of writing appeared in the Central Plains. In the pre-Qin period, there was even one kind of writing in one country.

Maybe the characters engraved on these dragon bones are the characters of a certain small country.

Chen Jingke couldn't care less what they were thinking, he read the papers back and forth many times.

The more I watched, the more excited I became, and in the end my hands and feet danced happily.

It's Oracle, it's Oracle.

It was similar to what he had seen in books and on the Internet in his previous life, and he even saw several words he recognized.

Seeing him getting more and more excited, everyone showed worried expressions. Are others losing their minds and going crazy?

Everyone looked at Sun Simiao and asked him to think of a solution.

Sun Simiao knew his disciple very well and had long been used to it. He asked: "Do you know this... Oracle?"

Chen Jingke replied smoothly: "I know part of it, it's the writing of the Yin and Shang Dynasties."

Writings of the Yin and Shang Dynasties?

Although everyone was surprised, they didn't quite understand what the Yin and Shang characters meant, so they didn't quite understand why he was so excited.

There was no archeology these days, and no one questioned the existence of the Xia and Shang Dynasties, and the civilization of the Central Plains had already eliminated many kinds of writing.

In their view, this Yin and Shang script is just one of many scripts that have been eliminated.

Their dull reactions made Chen Jingke feel like he was playing the piano to a cow, and the excitement faded a lot.

This kind of joy must be shared with people who know how to make it happier. It is too uncomfortable to tell people who don’t understand.

This feeling was all too familiar to him. In his previous life, he had been very interested in Oracle and bought several related books.

When I discussed this matter with people around me, almost no one was interested.

Some people even think that it is not the writing of the Yin and Shang Dynasties, and there is nothing to study. There are many people who hold this attitude.

In desperation, he could only discuss it with people online.

This is still true in the 21st century, let alone in ancient times.

However, he still patiently explained: "There are many historical legends about the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties, but the real objects we have seen so far are limited to the Zhou Dynasty."

"The Xia and Shang dynasties only exist in legends, and there is no physical evidence to prove their existence."

"With the dragon bones and oracle bone inscriptions, we can prove that the Yin Shang Dynasty really existed. We can also use these inscriptions to study and understand the social structure and situation at that time."

Everyone looked at each other, and one person couldn't help but said: "Does the existence of Xia, Shang and Zhou still need to be proved? So many books have recorded it."

Many people nodded and expressed the same idea.

But not everyone thinks this way. Yihe showed a thoughtful expression and said:

"The existence of Xia, Shang and Zhou does not need to be questioned, but there are too few records about that period of history."

"Now that we have the oracle bone inscriptions, we can understand it in more detail. Maybe it will allow the Tang Dynasty to realize the grand rule of three generations."

Everyone then nodded in approval. The rule of three generations was the perfect world in Confucian fantasy.

It’s just that there are too few records about the three generations. No one knows what that period was like, so they can only imagine it.
To be continued...