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Wu Tingxi pointed to several symbols on the screen: "Actually, you just look like these letters look like Greek, but they are very different. I feel that this may be the text of the four towns of Anxi. "

Regardless of the many doubts, Yu Lanting is familiar with the "Four Towns of Anxi", so he can't help recounting the relevant content in Zetian's Jiji: "In October of the first year of Changshou in the Great Zhou Dynasty, Wang Xiaojie defeated Tubo and restored Qiuci, Khotan, Shu Le, Suiye four towns."

Wu Tingxi looked at Yu Lanting, who still looked doubtful: "I guess this may be the Kulu script. The strange thing is that it doesn't use the Brahmi alphabet this time."

After Wu Tingxi said it, she was thoughtful.In fact, when she recognized Lu Wen just now, she immediately thought of the Anxi Protectorate, an inseparable territory of the Great Zhou.Therefore, I turned back and carefully checked the previous Brahmi text.She even suspected that those Brahmi letters were not written in Sanskrit, but in Tocharian.But after careful identification, she still confirmed the previous judgment.After all, the strokes of the Brahmi letters on the scrolls are simple, and the shape of the Brahmi letters used in Tocharian is still different.

"It is said that in the [-]th to [-]th centuries, the Tocharian language used in Kucha, Yanqi and other places was written in the oblique Brahmi alphabet. The Kalu script was written in the [-]rd to [-]th centuries AD, and it had long been abandoned by the [-]th century. Even if it has not completely disappeared, it is only used by a small number of people." Wu Tingxi hesitated a little, and said, "Perhaps it is because Sanskrit is written in the original Brahmi alphabet, and the scripts of the four towns are written in the Kalu script, which is universal in writing. From the age point of view, both writing methods belong to the retro style. And judging from the comparison between these Kalu scripts and the previous Sanskrit scripts, they should be written by the same person, that is to say, they were all written by her.”

Yu Lanting listened attentively, but still looked dazed, and took a long time to respond before saying, "Even if she masters two or more foreign languages, it's not unusual, modern leaders will try their best to master a few foreign languages ​​for diplomacy. But those khari, why do I look at it like a Greek letter?"

"The Kalu script originated in India and should be closer to Brahmi than Greek. People who have just seen the Kalu script may feel that some of them look like Greek letters. But after all, the Kalu script still belongs to the vowel schedule. words, and the pronunciation of similar symbols is completely different from that of Greek letters."

Wu Tingxi suddenly thought of something else, and then said: "Actually, Kucha and Yanqi, which are defined as Tocharian script, are not strictly speaking the language of the Tocharian people, because the Tocharian language The geographical distribution is very controversial. However, these characters, like Greek and Latin, belong to the Indo-European language family, and may be easily confused by non-professionals. Hey, this is all I know. About the mysterious area, There are always too many controversial issues, and so far experts have not yet reached a conclusion."

While listening, Yu Lanting could smell the smell of dry dust in the surrounding environment, which made Yu Lanting feel as if he smelled the yellow sand in the four towns of Anxi.Perhaps because of the need to store books here, there may be a large amount of desiccant stored somewhere nearby.There are many kinds of desiccants, and they are basically not harmful substances.But Yu Lanting suddenly remembered that it would be troublesome if there were insect repellants at the same time, and they might even be accidentally injured by harmful substances.

Thinking of this, Yu Lanting was a little distracted.After Wu Tingxi finished explaining each word, Yu Lanting found that it seemed useless to discuss such issues in this situation.

"Actually." Yu Lanting's voice paused slightly, "I asked far away just now, the question now is, how do we get out?"

"Yeah, what am I talking so much about?" Wu Tingxi suddenly realized this fact, and patted her forehead sullenly, "Okay, since the scrolls on the bookshelf are a kind of information, let's look around the bookshelf for information. Let's see."

Yu Lanting immediately handed the phone to Wu Tingxi, thinking that it would be more reliable to hand this kind of thing to Wu Tingxi.

She herself followed closely beside Wu Tingxi, moving slowly with Wu Tingxi's pace.

In the silent and dark tomb, the only echoes were the footsteps of the two and the footsteps from the wall.Such a unique quietness makes people feel uneasy.

Both Yu Lanting and Wu Tingxi stopped talking, but tried their best to restrain the fear in their hearts, and barely maintained their superficial composure, so as not to add distress to the other party.

With the help of the dim light of the mobile phone, Wu Tingxi patiently and carefully inspected the situation around the bookshelf.

Wu Tingxi knew very well that the scrolls should not be touched randomly, because it might really be weathered suddenly.Fortunately, when Yu Lanting touched the wooden frame of the bookshelf, nothing unusual happened.

The surface of this wooden material used to make bookshelves is quite smooth, which should have been painted with special paint.What's even more amazing is that these wooden materials can be preserved for more than 300 years, and when someone comes in, they can still remain in their original state. This kind of craftsmanship is amazing enough.

Even the wooden frame of the bookshelf, Wu Tingxi did not dare to touch it, and only observed it through the light of the mobile phone, trying to find some useful information.

The frames that make up the bookshelf are well made, with strips of equal width, and equal distances from one horizontal frame to another, and from one vertical frame to another.In this way, every shelf on the bookshelf is the same size.

Next to the bookshelf one after another, Wu Tingxi moved slowly, using the light of the mobile phone to take pictures one by one, not wanting to miss any information.

Not long after, she finally found some clues.

At first, Wu Tingxi thought it was a technical error in the processing of the wooden frame, but later discovered that there were obviously engravings on the bottom of the wooden frame.

It was too much joy, Wu Tingxi suppressed her excitement first, quickly turned on the camera, and took a few clear photos of the engraved place on the bookshelf.

The moment she opened and enlarged the photo, Wu Tingxi finally laughed out loud: "There are words."

There are not only characters, but also seal characters.

Wu Tingxi patted Yu Lanting on the shoulder, and shouted directly: "There are characters on the bookshelf, in big seal script, three big seal characters, and the characters are: Jin-lun-ji!"

Hearing these words, Yu Lanting immediately opened his eyes wide, unable to control the ecstasy in his heart.

"Golden Wheel Collection" - is the Queen's anthology "Golden Wheel Collection" that has been mentioned many times in historical materials such as "Old Book of Tang" and "New Book of Tang", but has long been lost.

"The other side is..."

Before Yu Lanting finished speaking, Wu Tingxi eagerly took over the conversation: "Let me see, it should be "Chui Gong Ji"."

The other side of the bookshelf is full of volumes in foreign languages, and Wu Tingxi knows that if there is another anthology of the Queen, "Chui Gong Collection", it should be on the same side of the bookshelf.

Wu Tingxi boldly took a few steps in the dark, moved to the other end of the same side of the bookshelf, searched at the same position where the engraving was found just now, and after finding some fine engravings, quickly took a few pictures with her mobile phone, and then Zoom in for a closer look.

Sure enough, there were still three big seal characters.

Wu Tingxi leaned closer to identify it, and said in surprise again: "Yes, this is "Chui Gong Ji"!"

The light from the mobile phone illuminates Wu Tingxi's smile. No matter what the environment is, Wu Tingxi is overjoyed to find "Chui Gong Ji" and "Golden Wheel Ji".

Yu Lanting was clutching his chest, listening to his "thumping" heartbeat, but couldn't restrain his excitement.

There is too little information about the queen, and after being maliciously smeared by later generations, it is difficult for people to see the real her.

If you want to restore the real queen to the world, the "History of the Great Zhou Dynasty", "Zetian Shilu" and the queen's anthology "Chui Gong Collection" and "Jinlun Collection" must be of great value.

What will be written in the Queen's private anthology?For a moment, Yu Lanting was ecstatic, and silently guessed a lot in his heart.

After a while of pleasant surprise, Yu Lanting returned to reality, and her voice became lowered: "Even if it is her anthology "Chui Gong Collection" and "Golden Wheel Collection", so what? Can't we take it out? I can’t take it with me, and I can’t explain it to others.”

"I know." Wu Tingxi nodded secretly, and she knew very well in her heart that now she found that it was useless.

"That's right." Wu Tingxi suddenly had a flash of light in her mind, as if she had thought of something.She immediately walked around to the other side of the bookshelf, found the corresponding location, and took a few more photos.

After careful identification, Wu Tingxi handed the phone to Yu Lanting: "The inscription on the bookshelf on the other side is not the Brahmi alphabet, but the Siddham script commonly used in the seventh century."

Yu Lanting swiped his fingers to enlarge the picture, looked at it for a long time, but couldn't understand anyway: "It looks like Tibetan."

"No, Tibetan belongs to the Sino-Tibetan language family, and Sanskrit belongs to the Indo-European language family. However, Tibetan is indeed like Sanskrit. This is a long story, so I will not talk about it for the time being." In order to avoid spending the limited time as before , Wu Tingxi decided not to explain much this time.

"Then can you recognize it?" In the dim light, although Yu Lanting couldn't see Wu Tingxi's face clearly, he immediately realized that he had asked the sand sculpture question again.

"No, but I can guess roughly." Wu Tingxi looked at both sides of the bookshelf, pointed to the bookshelf and said, "On the other side of the bookshelf, the Sanskrit inscription on the opposite side of 'Golden Wheel Collection' is obviously better than that in 'Chuigong Collection'. The Sanskrit inscription on the opposite side is much shorter. Therefore, I guess these two strings of Siddhant Sanskrit should be the Sanskrit translations of 'Jinlunji' and 'Chuigongji'. After all, the word 'Golden Wheel' originated from India, and it was There are corresponding Sanskrit words. However, the translation of the word 'Chuigong' into Sanskrit requires a lot of explanation."

Yu Lanting nodded, she also knew that the empress's title "Tianzhu Jinlun Holy God Emperor" was derived from the Indian word "Golden Wheel King".And "Chui Gong" is the reign title of the queen when she proclaimed it. It is excerpted from "Shang Shu" "Chui Gong governs the world". If it is translated into Sanskrit, it really takes a lot of trouble.

"So, the books on the other side of the bookshelf should be the Sanskrit version of "Chui Gong Ji", "Jinlun Ji" and the ancient text version of Anxi Four Towns." After Wu Tingxi said this, she fell into deep thought.

What the hell was the queen doing back then?Why are the fonts inscribed on the bookshelves "Dazhuan" and "Sittan Style", but the fonts used in the scrolls are "Xingshu" and "Original Brahmi".Chinese and Sanskrit correspond to the retro style and the contemporary font is just the opposite.Is it because the "big seal" and "Xitan style" are suitable for engraving inscriptions? Are "cursive script" and "proto-Brahmi script" easy to write quickly?From the point of view of font shape, the strokes of "Run Script" and "Original Brahmi" are also random, while the strokes of "Dazhuan" and "Xitan Style" are rigorous.By the way, Wu Tingxi thought of another possible reason. "Xitan" means "achievement" and "perfection", and "Dazhuan" is also called "Zhouzhuan", a Western Zhou style.The Western Zhou Dynasty is highly praised by later generations, and perhaps the "big seal" has a similar meaning.

However, these conjectures are only her personal conjectures. Maybe the different fonts are just random by the empress or craftsmen at that time, and have no special meaning.

Wu Tingxi did not express these conjectures, but then expressed another layer of doubts: "I can't figure out why she published the Kalu version of "Chui Gong Collection" and "Golden Wheel Collection"? In the seventh century, Anxi four How many people in the town still use the Kulu script? Maybe the Kulu script was lost much later than the academic circles used to know? Is it because every nation has a mentality of advocating the ancients, and she relied on her ability to write ancient characters to prove that she is Anxi The rightful ruler of the four towns?"

"I don't know either. But I suddenly felt that whether she translated it herself or not, she copied it in Sanskrit and Kalu at least once. She is really busy and she has paid a lot." The Queen's words flashed in Yu Lanting's mind. Countless nights of struggling to write under the dim oil lamp, suddenly my heart was inexplicably blocked.

"Yeah, she's very busy, I know, I can understand. I'm suddenly fine too..." Wu Tingxi was about to say "sad", but then she thought of something more positive, and a faint smile appeared on her face. With a smile, "I'm so touched, I'm proud of her."

"It's really not easy for a ruler to truly control a territory. He has to express his cultural identity with sincerity." Yu Lanting breathed out these few words, with tears in his eyes but a smile on his face .

Wu Tingxi has always regarded the queen as a relative, and has long been unable to express her close feelings in words.

Only this time, Wu Tingxi couldn't help but feel awe in her heart: "Yes. From what I know before, she finished reading "Hua Yan" in the eighties and wrote the preface herself. As far as I can see now, she published "Chui Gong Ji" , "Golden Wheel Collection" Lu version, and wrote it herself. Is it to consolidate the rule of the four towns in Anxi, or because of religious beliefs. I am afraid that even she herself does not need to distinguish between the true and the false, and the false and the real. gone."

Listening to these, Yu Lanting remained silent and thought a lot.Unknowingly, she paced slowly, and suddenly there was a "bang".

"Ah." She felt as if she was hitting a wall.

Yu Lanting covered his forehead, feeling a dull pain, he was dazed for a long time before he realized it.

"What's wrong?" Wu Tingxi asked.

"Give me the phone, I'll take a look."

Yu Lanting still lowered her head, but luckily she didn't exert too much force at that time, the pain has been relieved by most.

However, when she raised her hand to rub her forehead, she found sand-like debris appearing inexplicably on her forehead, but Yu Lanting, still unable to recover from the shock, really couldn't tell what it was.

Wu Tingxi hurried closer, and asked with concern: "Did you hit it?"

"I'm fine, show me my phone." Yu Lanting wiped the crumbs from his forehead, took the phone from Wu Tingxi, looked at it through the light of the phone, and took a selfie carefully. observe.

Yu Lanting didn't feel relieved until he was sure that his forehead was not injured, but was rubbed against the powder on the wall.

"Fortunately, I'm fine." In order to reassure Wu Tingxi, Yu Lanting added another sentence.Then she looked towards the wall in the dark.

It's so close to the wall here, why didn't they pay attention before?Moreover, Yu Lanting looked at the texture of the powder, it was earthy yellow with bright powder, it may be mural paint, it seems that there should be murals on the walls as well as walls.

The author has something to say:

The Khalu translations of "Jinlun Collection" and "Chuigong Collection" mentioned in this article are purely fictitious.

The geographical range of Tocharian in the narrow sense was also mentioned before the revision, but it was deleted in the later revision.Because the generalized Tocharian nationality has a wide range of activities, in this sense, the Tocharian language as defined today may be regarded as the language of the Tocharian people.

One more thing to add is that it was recently found that the Kharu alphabet is actually borrowed from ancient Persian, not the Greek alphabet.

The author put a lot of effort into writing this scumbag, if anyone reads it, please leave a comment, I really don’t want to stand alone.

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