What are the famous grave robberies in the history of China?

Because the ancients had the custom of thick burial, there were grave robberies throughout the ages. Let's talk about some famous grave robberies in history.

1, Xiang Yu robbed the tomb

"Zhu? Wei Shuilu:? Xiang Yu entered the customs, with 300 thousand people, and things could not escape within 30 days. Thieves from Guandong sold copper, shepherds found sheep to burn, and the fire burned for 90 days. ?

Xiang Yu transported things from the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang for 30 days. After Xiang Yu left, the thieves went again? Selling copper? Once a shepherd accidentally lit a fire and burned it for more than 90 days. This is really a disaster.

However, according to the data obtained from long-term and serious archaeological investigation and excavation, some scholars believe that the mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor has never been excavated on a large scale. What Xiang Yu destroyed in those days may only be the buildings on the ground in the cemetery. Even if? Wood fire? The legend is true, and it should be only partial damage. None of them damaged the core underground palace of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum.

2. Guang Chuan Wang Liuqu in the Western Han Dynasty

Record Liu Qu, Wang of Guang Chuan in the Western Han Dynasty? The hooligans who get together and get apart are all dug up for hunting and cruising, burial and hiding in China. Then, Meng said, the eldest father is the king of Guang Chuan. Every time the king doesn't listen, he gets well and goes home. He said that there were countless tombs dug by the king, and there were hundreds of them. ?

It is said that all the tombs in Liuqu were stolen, but once the tomb was robbed, the dead in the coffin were lifelike. The skin color is like a stranger, and there are teeth on the temples, which is no different from strangers. ? , hurriedly quit, sealed again.

3. Cao Cao robbed the tomb

Notes on Water Classics records:? Cao Cao sent his troops into the village, sent Liang Xiaowang to be buried, and collected tens of thousands of Jin from the coffin. ? It is said that Cao Cao also set up a special one because of military difficulties? Faqiu corps commander? 、? Touch captain Kim? Class, to raise money through grave robbery.

4. chronology of unearthed bamboo books

In the fifth year of Xianning in Jin Dynasty (279), people in Jixian county were not allowed to dig Wei Xiangwang's tomb. They got dozens of bamboo books and hundreds of thousands of bamboo tubes, all written on various kinds of paper, so they are called? Zhu Ji ancient prose? . After finishing by Xun Xu, He Jiao and others, thirteen books, such as Annals of Bamboo Books and Biography of Mu, were obtained.

5. Qin Gui's tomb was stolen.

In the Ming Dynasty, grave robbery was a felony.

All conspirators (that is, conspiring to destroy ancestral temples, mountain tombs and palaces) will be put to death in. Ancestors, fathers, Yu, grandchildren, brothers, younger brothers and cohabitants, regardless of their surnames, sons of uncles and nephews, regardless of similarities and differences, all those who have reached the age of 16, regardless of illness and uselessness, and those who have not reached the age of 15 will be beheaded, and their mothers, daughters, wives and younger sisters, if their sons are wives and concubines, will be handed over to the hero's house as slaves, and their property will be returned to the official; If a woman marries a husband and her children have gone through the house with others, she will not sit down if she fails to find a wife (the next article applies). Anyone who knows the hiding place will be beheaded. If anyone can be captured, the people will give him a civilian and the army will give him a military post, he will still take the prisoner's property as a reward. If you know, say it first. The official is the captor and only gives property. The first person who doesn't post a hundred, flows three thousand miles. ?

In the 11th year of Chenghua (1485), Qin Gui's tomb was stolen. Grave robbers? Got a huge amount of gold and silver utensils? Later, the case was solved and the grave robbers were caught, but the official deliberately reduced the criminal responsibility of the grave robbers, which was probably related to Qin Gui's eternal infamy.