2 thoughts on “When did you start gold in ancient times?”

  1. There were no exact research on the specific start time, but during the West and Tang Dynasty, the use of gold began to prevail.
    In an important purpose of ancient Chinese gold is the emperor used it to reward the Wenchen general. Therefore, the emperor's reward of gold was a perspective of investigating the changes in the total amount of gold at that time.
    "Han Book" records the Western Han Dynasty (206-AD 23) the emperor rewarded more than a hundred golds, and the "Hou Han Book" recorded the Eastern Han (25-189 AD) the emperor rewarded the gold nine times, and the two rewards gold twice The total number is about 90,000 pounds.
    It's changes in the situation of the emperor of the two Han emperors in history books, the Eastern Han emperor rewarded the gold of the Emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty less than one -tenth of the golden emperors. Essence
    Extension information:
    The imported gold reserves of Chinese dynasties
    The war in ancient China, although not like Western frequent war caused by snatching gold, the rulers of all ages also attached great importance to gold reserves. As early as the 11th century BC, after the establishment of the Zhou Dynasty, there was a duty of Dafu, Yufu, Inner Government, and Foreign House, and was responsible for managing various financial cashiers. This is the earliest prototype of China's treasury.
    In history books, the Western Han Dynasty had always had "more gold" records. Today, there is a relatively radical point that the golden reserves of the Western Han Dynasty were equal to 41.4%of China in 2003. At that time Gold transactions, even gold for fines. "
    Although the "gold" in ancient books does not necessarily refer to gold, from the perspective of a large number of gold products unearthed in contemporary contemporary (such as a large amount of golden cakes in the Shaanxi Museum), it seems that it can also confirm the "Western Han Dynasty Gold" from the side statement.
    It because the gold in the ancient treasury is mainly derived from the development of gold mines, at least it can be inferred that the Western Han Dynasty of "Duo Jin" is a peak period for my country's gold mining.
    In addition, in recent years, the "gold frog" and "golden turtle" of the Tang Dynasty "gold frog" and "golden turtle", which has been passing from the ancient game industry in recent years, is said to be from the Tang Dynasty vault, but it has not been found in historical materials. How can the gold reserves not be available.
    Reference materials Source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Gold
    Reference materials Source: Phoenix.com-How does the ancient Chinese dynasty reserve gold?
    Reference materials Source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Gold ingot
    Reference Data Source: People's Daily-Ancient Chinese Gold Missing Mystery

  2. Gold has been available early. As for the use, the Shang Dynasty found gold foil.
    Muan Zhong once said: Zhuyu is a currency, gold is a China currency, and the knife coins are lower coins. And "Golden knife cloth, the nominaries of the people.
    The" gold "of the Han Dynasty is divided into three levels. The first class is gold, second -class platinum, third -class red gold. Red gold is Danyang copper, platinum is silver, gold is gold, gold is gold, gold is gold, gold is gold, gold is gold, gold It is the real gold. "Hanshu · Food and Goods" also says that after Qin is unified, gold is set to coins. The gold here also refers to the real gold. There are two main types of gold in the Western Han Dynasty. It is Lin toe gold. Another is persimmon gold.

    Gold is the earliest metal discovered and used by humans. Human beings can pick up this kind of single quality reflected from the natural world. Metal. Gold has been discovered and used by humans 10000 years ago. The history of human discovery and use of gold is more than thousands of years earlier than many common metals such as copper, iron, and aluminum we are familiar with. The earliest human understanding was determined by the special physical properties of gold. Gold can exist in a single form in nature, and other metals often exist in the form of compounds.
    This. Who is the first to discover gold? What is When? Where is there no text record! Can't verify! Because gold discovered as early as humans have written records!

    yesterday I wrote a cold knowledge of the Han Dynasty society, which mentioned " A pound of gold is about 9800 article ", which attracts everyone's discussion. Many friends say that the gold in the Han Dynasty actually refers to brass, not the real gold.
    Let's talk a few more words.
    Is whether the gold in the Han Dynasty is gold or brass, which is a very famous controversial topic. In the Spring and Autumn Period (or even the Western Zhou Dynasty), it was used for currency. Guan Zhong once said: Pearl jade is a currency, gold is a China currency, and the knife currency is the lower currency. "The Shang Dynasty used bronze as a heavy weapon, and basically did not need gold. Gold applications began to appear in the Western Zhou Dynasty, but it is generally believed that it is not regarded as currency circulation. During the Warring States Period, gold appeared in large numbers and used in all aspects of society, including currency payment functions. There is physical proof. The Warring States Gold Coin is the "爰" of the Chu State.
    The biggest controversy of the golden brass in the later generation lies in the historical records of the Han Dynasty. For example, Liu Bang gave Chen Ping's 40,000 kg of gold at a time, and asked him to buy Xiang Yu's subordinates. Some people suspect that this "gold" refers to brass. For this view, you can take a look at the record of "Historical Records". "Gold" is divided into three levels. The first class is gold, second -class platinum, third -class red gold. Chi Jin is Danyang copper, platinum is silver, gold is the real gold. After the unity of Qin, the golden gold is the currency. The gold here also refers to the real gold. There are two main types of gold in the Western Han Dynasty, one is horseshoe gold, and the other is Lin toe gold. The other is persimmon gold. Gold is brass, and its value will not be greater than the second -class platinum (silver). Since the "gold" value is higher than that of silver, it should be real gold. At that time, there were many copper and small silver. . And the "Historical Records of Chen Ping Family" said clearly that Liu Bang gave him "40,000 kg of gold".
    In the Han Dynasty, gold and copper were basically not mixed, gold is gold, copper is copper. Said gold coins, followed by copper coins. However, the Han Dynasty called all gold, silver, and bronze as "gold", so it was easy to cause a feeling: the golden real refers to brass in the Han Dynasty. Before the Ming Dynasty Jiajing, the official casting copper coins in ancient China was not brass, but mainly bronze.
    The copper coins in the Spring and Autumn Period contained too much lead and later increased the copper share. It is risen to more than 70 %. After the 23rd year of Jiajing (1553 AD), it was not used to use brass. Therefore, the Han Dynasty did not apply to the coin on a large scale. It should not be brass, it may be bronze (under the premise of controversy). Sitting gold in the Han system, here also refers to gold. "Hou Sui is a hukou gold in the Han Temple", referred to as sitting golden golden temples ", referred to as sitting gold gold . If the princes dedicate brass (bronze), then it is not worth a few money.
    Gold is the legal currency of the Han Dynasty. Because the currency value is too large, it is generally not directly circulated in the society. If you exchange with copper coins, Hanshu food and goods are said: gold weighs a pound, and the straight money is 10,000 (worth 10,000 copper coins). There are 250 grams. As mentioned above, if the gold is a brass, no matter how the price fluctuates, a pound of brass cannot be exchanged for 10,000 yuan.
    . The economy of the Han Dynasty has long collapsed, which does not meet the economic laws. .
    The emperor of the Han Dynasty often rewarded the pride, cost 100,000 pounds of gold and 200,000 pounds of gold. Whether these gold is gold, depending on the records of "yellow". Not added, not necessarily. It may be that all three kinds of gold are available (gold, silver, bronze). Called "gold", this possibility exists. After all, in the Han Dynasty, gold and silver and copper may be called gold. It's just that when subdivided, you need to distinguish gold, platinum, and red gold. For example, during the reign of Emperor Han Zhao, Guangling Liu Xun came to the DPRK, appreciated 20 million money (text), and 200 pounds of gold (Zhao Emperor Ji said two hundred pounds, and Liu Yan legendary 2,000 pounds). The emperor Xuan Emperor gave the king of Guangling, the king of the kings, 500 pounds of gold each, and 20 pounds of gold. The refers to the real gold here.

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