This week "Searching for the Imperial Gold Medal" was broadcast. In the film, it was confirmed that the gold medal was used by the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty to mobilize troops and was a precious cultural relic. However, there is one question that I still can't figure out
: The ring of the gold medal is engraved with the words "Zhang Zi XX", and the previously discovered silver medal of the Yuan Dynasty emperor's troop deployment also has the words "D XXXX".
The character "ha" in both places is the simplified character promulgated in 1964 and has been implemented to this day. There should be a tiger character on the right side of the traditional Chinese character; the character "张" is a traditional Chinese character, and the remaining characters are common to both ancient and modern times
< p>. However, as long as there are simplified Chinese characters, they should have been engraved by modern people. Archaeologists and collectors will not mark such conspicuous characters on cultural relics. So, who is the person who carved the characters? What is his relationship with the gold medal? There can only be doubts in the film.I checked the online versions of "Shuowen Jiezi" and "Kangxi Dictionary". Both have the character "Hao", which is the same as the simplified Chinese character. Of course, there is also the traditional Chinese character "Hao" with the character "虎" next to it. , the two words are common. I think: the words engraved on the ring are from the Yuan Dynasty, and were engraved by the same person as the text on the gold medal. So, what is the use of engraving the font size? There are no more than two types: document number, which is convenient for use and archiving; craftsman signature, which is convenient for quality monitoring and is also a common practice in the handicraft industry. If you want to confirm the above inference, it is recommended that gold medal collectors do the following:
1. From a philological perspective, confirm that "Hao" is an ancient word and is not uncommon;
2. , from the perspective of archeology and history and culture, go deep into the military and royal ancient books and materials, and investigate whether the ancient dynasties had numbers on tokens and gold medals, what was the regularity of font sizes, and the locations of compilations and annotations;
3. From a physical point of view, detect whether there is a big age difference between the text of the gold medal and the dents in the font size and strokes. If it is carved by today's people, it will be different from the scratches left in ancient times in terms of corrosion
degree and metal surface properties. There will be differences;
4. From the perspectives of craftsmanship and judicial document appraisal, compare and examine whether the main text and the font size inscription are from the same person. Each stroke on the gold medal is composed of several short strokes
The short strokes are wedge-shaped, showing that they are carved at one time, which can reflect the characteristics of the craftsman's personal handwriting;
5. Compare with the silver medal Research shows that silver is more susceptible to corrosion than gold, so it has more value in physical research.
The above five points corroborate each other and should be tried.