Nearly a hundred years after Sima Qian, the names of Can Cong and Yu Fan first appeared in Yang Xiong's Biography of Shu Wang, but they are still regarded as mythical figures: Can Cong is the first name of Shu Wang, Guan Bai is a descendant, and Yu Fan is the latter. These three generations are all hundreds of years old, all deified, all immortals, and their people are quite following the king. Fish in the mountains and fields, immortals. Three generations of kings of Shu, Can Cong, Guan Bai and Yu Dafu, all lived for hundreds of years and finally became immortals. Obviously, Yang Xiong himself only regards them as mythical figures. There is such a description in Huayang Guozhi, a regular song in the Eastern Jin Dynasty: Can Cong, the Duke of Shu, is king at a glance. Can Cong's eyes are vertical, which is more like a myth.
Later generations thought that Can Cong was named after sericulture and Yufu was named after osprey. Although later generations regard them as the pioneers of sericulture and the ancestors of sericulture and fishery, historians have long been inconclusive as to whether they were imaginary ancestors of ancient Shu people or real kings because there is no archaeological evidence.
Fortunately, the experts found the relics thought to be left by Can Cong and Wang Yufu. The mask of a man with long eyes was unearthed in the No.2 pit of Sanxingdui site, which just corresponds to the record of "Can Cong, a Shu Hou with long eyes" in Huayang Guozhi. Experts believe that "long eyes" may be caused by hyperthyroidism, but the ancients did not understand this disease and thought it was a symbol of divinity and a kind of ".
The golden staff unearthed from Sanxingdui No.1 Sacrificial Pit is considered as the scepter of King Yufu. This gold staff is wrapped in a layer of gold skin, and the wooden pole inside has been carbonized. The archaeological team was pleasantly surprised to find that there were exquisite patterns on the gold. The group near the end is a head that is symmetrical before and after. He smiled and wore a five-toothed crown. Birds and fish with symmetrical patterns are carved near the inside of the staff. The golden staff uses as much as 500 grams of gold, which is extremely luxurious and should be the scepter of the king. The fish and bird pattern carved on the staff proves the identity of the owner of the golden staff, and it is the third generation of the ancient Shu king-jade symbol.
The excavation of these two relics proves the true identities of Can Cong and Yufu, while the discovery of bronze sacred tree verifies the statement that sacred tree is "made of wood" and "like wood" in the ancient wonderful book Shan Hai Jing. These ancient myths, which were originally considered as legends, are being confirmed step by step in archaeological excavations.