Qin Jing's earliest record comes from the third volume of Miscellanies of Xijing: "There is a mirror, which is four feet wide and five feet nine inches high. Someone in the table shines straight, and the shadow is upside down. When the hand comes, the heart asks, seeing the five internal organs of the stomach, there is no calendar. Qin Shihuang often took care of the imperial secretary and killed all the bold ones. "
Qin Shihuang is not only an eternal emperor, but also a mythical historical figure. According to various ancient books, Qin Shihuang once had three secret treasures: the mirror of the king of Qin, the magnet door and the Tai 'a sword. Among them, the bone mirror of the king of Qin is an ancient artifact in the tomb-robbing novel "Ghost Blowing Lights", the magnet door is the north gate of Epang Palace, and the Tai 'ajian is the funerary object of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum.
There is a word in idioms and allusions called "the mirror hangs high". "Mirror" is a bronze mirror hung by the Ming government, which means fairness and justice. In fact, this idiom has existed since the Qin Dynasty, and it was originally written as "Qin Jing hangs high". It means that Qin Shihuang had an artifact that saw through people's hearts, which was later called the mirror of the king of Qin. According to folklore, when Qin Shiwang attacked six countries, he got many palace treasures.
Palace secret treasure
Among them, there are 8 ancient mirrors, including the Legalist Mirror and the Bone Mirror of the King of Qin. The bone mirror of the King of Qin was originally hung on the main hall of Xianyang Palace to prevent assassins. This is the origin of the idiom "Qin Jing hangs high". Later, when Qin Shihuang made an expedition to the East, he accidentally found the bones of a giant in the East China Sea. His body is as hard as iron and he wears the clothes of the ancient emperor. The alchemist thought it was Penglai Fairy, and suggested that Qin Shihuang be buried with a thick burial.
Qin Shihuang buried the immortal bone and a mirror in the mountains, and the mirror of the king of Qin was lost from then on. There are many ancient books in history that record the mirror of Qin Wang's bones, such as Miscellanies of Xijing in the Han Dynasty, The Chronicle of Expanding the Land by Shen Kuo in the Northern Song Dynasty and Wen Hai Pi Sha in the Ming Dynasty. In modern times, some experts have verified that the bone mirror of the King of Qin is a transparent mirror, and the Shanghai Museum has four "transparent mirrors" of the Han Dynasty.