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In 2022, the historical drama "The Longest Day in Chang 'an" focused on restoring historical details. The original work, Mr. Ma Boyong, has a high historical accomplishment. Writing at this time, he made a lot of efforts to fully show the face of Chang 'an. After "Service Road" was adapted into a drama, it cooperated with the domestic costume restoration team and made reference to a large number of cultural relics in design, which also made the audience feel refreshed. As soon as it was released, the play was widely praised, and some people even thought that it represented a higher level of China TV series. As a loyal reader of Ma Boyong, I also got a good visual experience.

However, this TV series also has many places that are not in line with the history of the Tang Dynasty, and some of them are even far from the historical facts. Among them, part of it is that the play has changed the narrative clues and characters of the original work, shaken the background setting and led to mistakes; Some of them are due to the negligence of the crew. Although there are flaws, it is easy to cause the audience to misunderstand history. Here are some typical mistakes.

Dislocation of time line

In The Longest Day in Chang 'an, time is an important element. The drama takes the flow of time in a day as a sign of the progress of the story. Each episode is named after the earthly branch representing time, and is explained by several mysterious old sayings. At every time node, Pang Ling, the "Dr. Telling Time" of Jing 'an Company, reads aloud, which is full of ancient meanings and has a sense of "advanced" and "ceremony".

Unfortunately, many of these words that sound "profound" are suspected of arrogance: in ancient books, most of these classical Chinese sentences have nothing to do with twelve o'clock, some indicate the year, and some indicate the month. Once investigated, it will inevitably make people laugh.

For example, there is an episode of "Four Zhengs" in which the classical Chinese sentence at the moment is: "Wild. Everything is prosperous and Huo Ran is declining, so the cloud is' barren'. " The word "wild fall" quoted here in classical Chinese is actually a term used to express earthly branches before the Western Han Dynasty.

What is the traditional chronological method? Since Shang Dynasty, China people have calculated the years according to Jupiter's position in the sky. Jupiter has been in the air from west to east for about twelve years, which coincides with the twelve branches. Therefore, according to Jupiter's orbit, Sunday is divided into twelve regions, corresponding to the twelve earthly branches. According to Jupiter's position in the sky, we can judge what year it is.

However, the actual running week of Laoxing is slightly shorter than 12 years, and its running direction is different from the astronomical interpretation system used by the ancients. So later, a virtual celestial body "Tai Sui" was invented, which ran in the opposite direction to the old star for exactly twelve years. It is called "Tai Sui Chronology Method" through the position of Tai Sui.

In ancient times, the orbit of twelve equal parts was set for Taizi, named after the twelve earthly branches. Tai sui falls in different positions, and each has its own corresponding year statement. For example, when Tai Sui was in the position of "secretary", this year was called "great drought"; Tai sui is in the position of "Shen", and this year is called "gas altar"; Tai sui is in the position of "unitary" and this year is called "bad luck"; Tai sui is in the "ugly" position, and this year is called "red and vigorous".

This set of chronological records based on the traditional position can be found in ancient books such as Erya Shi Tian, Historical Records and Almanac, and Huainan Tian Zi Xun. Later scholars explained the address method according to their own understanding. In the TV series, the phrase "Everything flourishes, but Huo Ran falls, so the cloud' falls'" should come from Er Ya, a scholar in the Eastern Han Dynasty. The other explanations, such as "Tantan" and "overhaul, everything is refined", come from Huainanzi. Although these sentences are related to the twelve earthly branches, they are all used for dating, regardless of time.

Pang Ling: This "wild fall" is not the time!

There are also some old sayings to explain the time in some plays. In fact, they didn't specify the time or year, but the month.

In addition to calendar years, in ancient times, there were twelve places in China where calendar months were used. The ancients found that the bucket handle of Beidou rotates once a year with the Polaris as the center, so in winter solstice, the direction pointed by bucket handle of Beidou was taken as the starting point, and the direction pointed by bucket handle was divided into 12 equal parts a year, named after the branches. For example, on the winter solstice, bucket handle pointed to the "Zi", and this month was represented by the "Sword". Although "Zi" is the first branch of the earth, "Jianzi" month is not our first month today. This is because the summer calendar was adopted after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and silver moon was designated as the first month of the year, so now the first month of the lunar calendar corresponds to the "Yin" in the earthly branch.

With the method of observing the moon with twelve earthly branches, the earth branches will be used to represent the month in the works of ancient astronomical calendar customs. For example, it is recorded in Historical Records that December coincides with the earthly branch, and the changes in temperature and warmth in a year are explained by the rise and fall of the sun spirit in different months. The sun's spirit began to appear in the month under construction (1 1 month), rose to a higher level in the month under construction (May of the lunar calendar), then gradually declined, and the month under construction (1October) was completely submerged, forming a whole, and everything grew with the rise and fall of the sun's spirit. Therefore, "Historical Records" describes Jian Ziyue as "the nourishing son, nourishing it, that is, everything nourishes below".

Liu Xi, a scholar in the Eastern Han Dynasty, gave some play to the twelve branches of Historical Records when compiling the exegetical work Ming Shi, forming a relatively concise and vivid exegesis. Shi Ming was a dictionary at that time, which had many uses and spread widely, so this statement was included in various books, Mongolian books and numerology books, further expanding its influence. "The Longest Day", which appeared in Chang 'an classical Chinese at the same time in his plays, quoted "Shi Ming" many times. For example, the words that match the beginning of the subtitle in the play are "Yang Sheng", "Yu" and "Yang Shi Meng", which correspond to "Zi and Yu" in the interpretation of the name. The saying that yang spirit begins to sprout and breed in the lower place; Another example is the word "the extinction of all things", which corresponds to the expression of "the extinction of all things" in Historical Records.

Obviously, the related words quoted in Historical Records are aimed at the months of the year, not the hours of the day. Turn it around, savor it, and it doesn't match the time. For example, "If you are pregnant, everything will die", which originally meant to build the moon (the ninth month of the lunar calendar), and plants began to wither and wither. But in the play, with the cooperation of "Xu" indicating the time, everything will be "ruined" at seven or eight o'clock in the evening, isn't it ten o'clock? For another example, the "one" in the play corresponds to "all things are mature" and interprets the "one, beauty" of the name. Show, everything becomes also ",it is said that the crops are ripe in the construction of a friendly month (August of the lunar calendar), which was originally very reasonable; But put it in the play, it becomes "everything matures at six o'clock in the afternoon", I don't know what it means.

In a word, the longest day in Chang 'an Opera should have consulted a lot of materials when assigning the corresponding classical Chinese to twelve o'clock, but unfortunately, it did not distinguish the different usages of the local branch to indicate the year, month and time, which caused a lot of confusion. Another example is that the explanation of "noon" in Lang Ying's Seven Revised Manuscripts in Ming Dynasty is "confusing" ("grey" and "hey"). It is even more inappropriate to forcibly explain "choice".

Incidentally, according to the Six Classics of the Tang Dynasty, Si Tiantai was responsible for telling the time, that is, "learning from missing engravings and singing with the times" was called "missing engravings", while "Dr. Missing engravings" served as "having a good rank and teaching students the art of missing engravings to tell the time". As a "doctor", Pang Ling is still sitting in the front line of reporting time, which is really hard.

He Jian may have been drunk when he said this.

Strange imperial edict form

During the longest day in Chang 'an, the emperor issued imperial edicts on many occasions. In one episode of the TV series, eunuchs read the "Great Imperial Decree" of the Lantern Festival on the rostrum. In the process of reading, the text of the "Great Imperial Decree" is presented to the audience with the camera. It can be seen from the text presented in the lens that the prop group has studied the imperial edict of the Tang Dynasty, but there are still many mistakes.

An episode of The Great Imperial Decree.

The first is the name of the imperial edict. At the beginning of the imperial edict in the stills, "Great Imperial edict" is written in big letters, which shows the importance of this imperial edict. However, according to the records in the Six Classics of the Tang Dynasty, the documents issued in the name of the emperor in the Tang Dynasty can be divided into three categories: planning, making books, making comfort books, publishing date, purpose, deliberation and dispatch. Among them, there is no category of "great imperial edict", and it is rare in expression.

Why did the Tang Dynasty seldom say "imperial edicts"?

From the historical origin, according to Records of the First Qin Emperor, after Qin Shihuang unified the world, according to the doctor's advice, he formulated the rule that "life" is "control" and "order" is "imperial decree". From then on, all orders issued in the name are called "imperial edict", so from the perspective of words, "imperial edict" and "imperial edict" are mentioned by the way. Since making books is originally the tone of the emperor, when it comes to the emperor himself, a person is called "I", so there will be no words like "imperial edict" in TV dramas.

Besides, in the Tang Dynasty, "Ling" had another meaning: as we know, besides Tang laws, there were many written legal forms such as Ling, Ge and Ti, among which Ling and Fa were more important, so the system in the early Tang Dynasty was later called "Zhi". The six codes of the Tang Dynasty, "The law is convicted by positive punishment, and the order is established by model", have different division of labor, and are all formally promulgated in written form. Japanese scholar Ren Jingtian's masterpiece Addendum to Tang Order is a collection and arrangement of Tang Order. Since "decree" can refer to it, it is inevitable to confuse the difference between "decree" and "decree" by calling "imperial edict" together.

In addition, there is a practical reason. Originally, "imperial edict" and "making books" had their own division of labor, which were two different things. However, in the Wu and Zhou Dynasties, because of taboo, the imperial edict of homonym was specially changed to "making books", so from Wu to Tang Dynasty, the imperial edict was often collectively referred to as "making books". (Speaking of taboo topics, Tang Gaozu Tang Gaozu's father's name is "CoCo Lee". In order to avoid taboo, the word "C" in Tiangan was changed to "Jing". So it is impossible to write "C-6 Warehouse" on the wall from the beginning with the TV series "Wolf Guard". )

According to the truth, Tang Gaozu will cry at the sight of the word "C", otherwise it would be unfilial.

So where did the expression of this "great imperial edict" come from?

It turns out that there was a historian named Song Shou in the early Song Dynasty. He collected many books of the Tang Dynasty when he worked in the History Museum. Later, his son Song Qiumin collected and published these books. Because Song people no longer need to avoid Tang people, and the meaning of "system" of Song people is narrower than that of Tang people, they simply call the books made by Tang people "imperial edicts", and because most of the books made are "extraordinary works", they are called "collection of imperial edicts of Tang people". Perhaps it was because the crew had a certain knowledge of literature and history that they knew about the Collection of Imperial Letters of the Tang Dynasty, and they mistakenly thought that all the important documents issued by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty were called Imperial Letters of the Tang Dynasty, which led to the name of Imperial Letters of the Tang Dynasty being invented in the Song Dynasty and spanning the props of the Tang Dynasty drama series.

In addition, the format of making books in TV dramas is far from the actual situation in the Tang Dynasty.

First of all, the emperors of the Tang Dynasty generally did not write the title of "Imperial Decree" in big letters at the beginning, nor did they write the time of publication in front. Instead, it begins with the word "door" directly, with specific contents written in the middle, and ends with "if the book system is correct, please follow the system" or "owner's execution", followed by the specific year, month and date, and the signature of the official on the book and the door.

Why should the book start from the door? The promulgation and implementation of government affairs in the Tang Dynasty followed the three-province system, and the drafting process of imperial edicts required the participation of Zhongshu and Xiamen provinces. Among them, the Chinese calligrapher (mainly Hanlin bachelor in the later period) was responsible for drafting imperial edicts, and the emperor replied to "Ke". Zhongshu Province will file the original and make a copy, and submit it to Xiamen Province for review. If Xiamen province thinks it's all right, sign it and repeat it, and the emperor will reply in person. Finally, Xiamen province will sign it and send it to Shangshu. Because there is a step after the drafting of the book that needs to be submitted for trial, there is often "under the door" at the beginning of the text, which keeps the trace of administrative processing of the document. Although the title of "The Longest Day" in Chang 'an Book is somewhat redundant, it is correct that the text begins with "Under the Door".

The reason why the book needs the joint signature of the Chinese Book Department is to prevent the Chinese Book Department from sitting too big, issuing false statements and drafting orders at will. Therefore, the department has the right to refute and return inappropriate books. In order to highlight Lin Jiulang's authority in TV series, it is often seen that he drafted a book through the Chinese Book Department under his control, which was promulgated without the painting of the emperor and the signature of the provincial management department of Prince Li, which determined the importance of the court. This situation is almost impossible to happen in reality.

The picture shows the stone carving imperial edicts unearthed from Princess Linchuan's tomb in the early Tang Dynasty. Because it was not in the Wu and Zhou Dynasties, it was also called "imperial edict" instead of "making books". The pictures are from Shaanxi Cultural Relics Management Association and Zhaoling Cultural Relics Management Office: epitaphs, letters and cultural relics unearthed from Princess Linchuan's tomb in Tang Dynasty, 1977, 10.

In addition, the book-making in the stills is also very eye-catching, that is, there is a big exhibition, and the crew seems to want to show the authority of this book-making certified by the emperor. However, in the compilation of books in the Tang Dynasty, the main way for the emperor to identify them was to sign the word "ke" himself after the drafting of the Chinese book; The position of signature is also at the end of the book, not at the beginning. However, the book-making in the play does exist. If you carefully identify it, the inscription on it is "The Emperor ordered it to be treasured", which belongs to one of the "Eight Treasures" of the private seal of the Tang Dynasty. "Eight treasures" are eight personal belongings of the emperor, which are used for important letters and credentials written by the emperor in his own name, and are basically not used for general administrative documents. According to the explanation in "Bao Lang in the Six Dynasties of Tang Dynasty", the so-called "Lingbao" is used to "repair seals and respect gods". Specifically, on occasions such as sealing, the emperor often needs to write a prayer in his own name, which is called "Jade Book" or "Golden Bamboo Slip" and dedicated to the emperor. It's really a bit overqualified for TV series to cover it in general book making.

The books shot in TV series are all covered with "the treasure of imperial life".

Too advanced book binding and dissemination form

"Thread-bound book" is deeply rooted in the ancient imagination of contemporary people. When we think of "ancient books" or "ancient books", we usually see the image of thread-bound books in our hearts. Just like paper, we have thread-bound books.

In fact, thread-fitting only became popular after the mid-Ming Dynasty, and it was rarely popular before the Song Dynasty. Therefore, in the setting of historical dramas before the Song Dynasty, if there are a lot of pictures of thread-bound books, it can only show that the crew lacks common sense of book history.

For this, the props group of Chang 'an drama "The Longest Day" has a clear understanding. There are few thread-bound books in the whole drama, which avoids the mistakes that most historical dramas will make, which shows their intentions. But there will still be fish missing, such as-

Shen Cheng: What kind of binding is this? Why haven't you seen it before?

Although this series rarely uses thread-bound books as props, for some reasons, some books are replaced by another rare binding method in the Tang Dynasty-folding. According to the academic research on the history of books, book folding was widely used in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties, mainly for copying classics, but basically not for books and book writing. Nature should not appear in Jing 'an Division of Xuanzong. However, we often see this kind of binding in the Qing Palace drama, which is the form of so-called "memorial" or "eulogy" in later generations. Perhaps it is because of the careful mounting before and after the memorial that there is a sense of nobility, which is also in line with the nature of the files used in the "big case" in the play, so the TV series will be handled in this way.

Jing 'an's archives are half folded and half rolled.

In fact, the mainstream binding form in the Tang Dynasty is scroll binding. Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong, wrote "The Imperial Capital", saying that he would go to Chongwen Pavilion to read a book after handling official business. "Light green and free to return the book" refers to a paper scroll. The preservation method is to put it on the bookshelf and hang a toothpick with the title written on it. Han Yu has a poem praising Li Bi (Li Bi's original style in the play), saying, "Ye Hou's family has many books, and he has 30,000 axes to check. Hanging toothpicks one by one, if the hand is new "presents the storage mode of scroll loading." "Among them," toothpick "refers to the label inserted on the shaft, with the title of the book written on it for easy reference. More exquisite scholars will also cover the scroll with a dust cover, which is called "pale green capsule". It is also possible to combine several "volumes" and package them into "volumes". If there is no shelf, pile the scrolls directly on the table or on the ground. The arrangement of the scroll through the holes shows us a good example.

The "toothpick" in the play

Through the paper in the hole, you can clearly see the state of several rolls wrapped together.

Juan He Yi in Liao Dynasty Tomb Murals in Xiabali Village, Hebei Province. Quoted from Yang Zhishui's New Proof of Ancient Poems and Famous Things

Japan Zhengcang Bamboo Research Institute is beautifully shaped.

In addition, the topic of "publishing" of books was mentioned twice in the play. On one occasion, Yao Ru said that he had nothing to write "well printed in newspapers". On another occasion, Shen Cheng said that he had read all the books published in the Tang Dynasty. In fact, although there was block printing in the Tang Dynasty, it was still rough, and most of the printed books were calendars, classics and other daily books. Other books, including Confucian classics and poems, are still handed down by hand, not to mention simple notes. Therefore, Yao Runneng's works can only be copied, not printed. Because it is copied and cannot be traced back, there is no such thing as making money.

Yao Ru's plan to make money by writing books is doomed to failure.

The chaotic institutions of the Yugoslav capital

The main line of the longest day in the story of Chang 'an is to prevent a premeditated incident. In addition to the virtual organization-Jing 'an Division, the story also involves many institutions and regulations related to Chang 'an City. The original Ma Boyong made a detailed textual research on these historical facts, which restored the original appearance of Chang 'an Yugoslav capital well. It is very precious and gratifying. However, in order to expand the space and increase conflicts, the screenwriter changed a lot of background settings and plots, which led to some historical places.

Let's talk about the maintenance in Chang 'an. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the local administrative system was mainly a state-county two-level system, and Facao, a subordinate of the state secretariat, was usually in charge of the state. In charge of the county seat, it is the county commandant under the county magistrate. Chang' an is the capital, and the state-level administrative unit in charge of Chang' an is called "Jingzhao House" instead of Zhou, which is responsible for Cao Cao's participation in the affairs of Jingzhao House; Under the rule of Jingzhaofu, Zhuque Street in front of the imperial city was divided into two counties, Chang 'an and Wannian, which were under the control of the commandant of Chang 'an and Wannian. There are several officials below the county commandant, called "people". Zhang Xiaojing, the protagonist of the TV series, turned out to be the commander-in-chief of the people under Wan Nian County Commandant.

But Chang 'an, as the capital, is different from other counties. In addition to the state magistrate and county commandant, there are many other institutions. For example, Chang 'an Square has Zheng Fang and Li Zheng, who are similar to the directors of neighborhood committees and are responsible for observing the situation; Yushitai has left and right governors, who are responsible for the behavior in the city and so on. One of the most important garrison troops is the imperial army.

Chang 'an City is divided into two parts: the "inner city" where officials of the emperor lived and the "Guo Cheng" where ordinary people lived. The "inner city" is divided into "Miyagi" and "Imperial City" from north to south, in which Miyagi is the place where the emperor lived and the province of Zhongshu and Xiamen. The imperial city is the seat of six ministers, nine Qing and other imperial organs. Among the imperial troops, the one stationed in the palace north of Miyagi is called "North Asian Imperial Army" and directly under the Emperor. Both Yu and Long Wu Jun in the play belong to Beiyang Imperial Army. The people stationed in the imperial city are called "Nanya Imperial Army", whose main responsibility is to maintain the safety of the imperial city and Miyagi. It is divided into left and right guards, left and right Xiao guards, left and right Wu guards, left and right Wei guards, left and right leading guards, left and right Jin Wuwei, left and right guards, and left and right guards. , each has its own responsibilities. In addition to the imperial guards of the north and south yamen, there are six handsome offices in Chang 'an city that are responsible for protecting the prince, namely, left and right guards, left and right guards and left and right guards. Among them, the left and right guards, also known as "Ruben", were seconded to Jing 'an Company in TV dramas and played an important role.

Most of these guards and guards are to protect emperors, courtiers and princes. There are only two troops really related to the foreigners living in Chang' an: one is the left and right guards, which are responsible for part of the defense work of Chang' an city gate; First, Zuoyou Jinwuwei, whose subordinate institutions are "the commander of Zuoyou Mansion" and "the ambassador of Zuoyou Street", is responsible for the patrol and night ban of the blocks in Chang 'an City. Because Jin Wuwei was called "Wuhou" in the Sui Dynasty and the early Tang Dynasty, his subordinate garrison troops also retained the alias of "Wuhou" in Xuanzong. According to Guan Baizhi, Jin Wuwei's left-right street ambassador set up "Wuhou stores" in various gates and important corners of Chang 'an, which were specially stationed in Wuhou, with 5 people in small stores and 30 people in large stores, so as to deal with problems at any time. Riding patrols often appear in TV dramas, mostly to maintain Chang 'an, which is a military waiting force around Jinwei. Unfortunately, TV writers often seem to confuse "Wu Hou" with "man". In the 26th episode, Zhang Xiaojing's admirer Pang Luo, as a "man", was stationed in Wuhou Store, which was confusing. By the way, whether it's a TV series or not, it's generous to mistakenly change "Wuhou" to "Wuhou" and add Marquis to these garrison soldiers for no reason.

In addition to not knowing the nature of "martial arts", the relationship between the garrison troops in Chang 'an in the TV series is also very chaotic. Yao Runneng, for example, is just a small official in the movie, but he has been transformed into "the right-back rate of the prince" in the TV series. You know, the "right-back prince" is the one who leads the government affairs, belonging to the fourth category, only half a level lower than He's secretary, and the grade is still above Shangshu's assistant minister. Such a big shot, in Yuan Zai, Moon Hee, such a small official with eight products, is just a passive Nuo Nuo. In fact, he had to go to the city with Zhang Xiaojing to look for the Wolf Guard. Yao Ru's right-back fighter watched the chief run around and was scolded and beaten, but it didn't help at all from beginning to end, which can be said to be very excessive.

Right-back rate (shuài) Yao Ru's lonely back.

For another example, in order to create tension, the right, controlled by Lin Jiulang, the right, is said to be the superior unit of the brigade army, and the brigade army can be dispatched at will, resulting in the temporary lack of people in Jing' an Division. But in fact, this brigade, like Right, belongs to the Ministry of War in personnel selection and assessment, and is specifically commanded by this general Wei. In other words, Prince Ben Brigade and Zuo Youwei are equal units, and there is no relationship between them. You, Xiao Wei, have no right to transfer this brigade.

Cui Qi: I can't do it!

In addition, right Xiao Wei is almost everywhere in Chang 'an, but in fact, left and right Xiao Wei are mainly responsible for guarding the imperial city and Miyagi, and rarely responsible for the outside of Chang 'an. Perhaps the TV series is to make the plot simpler, so it is a typical ultra vires behavior to let you Xiao Wei leave the duty range of the imperial city and catch thieves everywhere in Chang 'an. On the contrary, General Jin Wuwei, who is really in charge of Chang 'an, hardly appeared in the play.

In fact, in the original work, when it comes to Xiao Wei's participation in the pursuit of Zhang Xiaojing, he clearly pointed out:

"Jing 'an company is responsible for the inside and outside of Chang 'an, while right Xiao Wei is responsible for the safety of the imperial city. Their responsibilities do not overlap and there is no affiliation. ..... But the wolf that crossed the death line of Guangde Huaiyuan ... posed a direct threat to the Imperial City, and its nature immediately became a major case of "disturbing driving". Xiao Wei has the right to intervene in the investigation immediately. ..... If the right Xiao Wei asks Cui Qi to arrest Zhang Xiaojing, although his behavior is ultra vires, he can't stand the pressure at all. "

It is said that although it is slightly different from the actual situation of Chang 'an city defense, the relationship between the garrison troops is very clear, so the mistake of the series can only be said that the screenwriter did not read the original carefully and failed his good intentions.

Finally, by the way, the opening of Chang 'an Palace.

Before entering the palace in the Tang Dynasty, you should first declare the left and right guards, establish a "door book" and register your name, age, position and appearance. Check the registration and combination before entering. But for people who are often summoned by the emperor, it is inconvenient to use the door number every time they go in and out. Therefore, it is stipulated that princes, princes and officials above the fifth grade in Beijing can wear "fish" to facilitate access.

On the left side of the picture, the prop "goldfish bag" often mentioned in the play hangs at Jiao Sui's waist. Theoretically, fish are in it.

According to the Six Codes of the Tang Dynasty, the imperial court distributed fish to princes, princes and court officials. The prince is made of jade, the prince is made of gold, and the other fish are only made of copper.

Since fish is made of copper, what about the "goldfish bag"? According to the Six Classics of the Tang Dynasty, fish are "packed in bags, and the bags are decorated with more than three items of gold and five items of silver", so the "goldfish bag" is a bag for fish, not the fish itself. Fish bag is not a token of entering the palace, but an ornament and a symbol of noble status. Jiao Sui should not say that he is wearing a "goldfish bag", but rather a "fish". It is often said in the play that "no goldfish bag, no palace", maybe it should be changed to "no fish, no palace". In addition, fish are usually engraved with official positions and names. The "He" in the play has been in the DPRK for a long time and its status is respected. Everyone in North Korea knows him. No matter Jiao Sui or Wolf Wei, it is impossible to pretend to enter the palace with a fish engraved with his name. After Cao killed Jiao Sui in the play, he took the fish hanging on his body, probably just thinking it might be useful. Fortunately, he never tried to use it, otherwise, in this story, I am afraid that one episode will be over.

It doesn't matter if there is no goldfish bag, as long as there is fish.

Finally, I want to say that The Longest Day in Chang 'an is not an ordinary historical story, but an "overhead historical story". Focusing on a real history or a distinctive era can make readers happy and increase their interest in history. The intersection of history and fantasy is the beauty of this kind of story. Popular literature, which was a great success in the 20th century, the duke of mount deer's quest for Qin at home, Temple Spring and Autumn Annals and Shadow Warrior abroad are all such stories, while the Tale of Genji and A Tale of Two Cities can also be regarded as an overhead historical story in a broad sense. In the study of history, there is evidence and words, but the overhead historical story belongs to literary creation, so it is necessary to supplement many details. There will naturally be fictional content in the details. Real literary and artistic standards are different from historical standards. When we say a story is "true", it mainly depends on whether the plot and characters in it are human and whether they have touched us. Differences in details are inevitable and understandable. But for the overhead historical story, "the sense of historical existence" is an important condition for its success. This sense of existence is based on many historical details. The more accurate the details, the stronger the sense of existence, and the easier it is for readers to be there and feel the charm of the story. Therefore, although this paper lists these historical mistakes, it is not to embellish the longest day of Chang 'an Opera, but to share historical knowledge with readers, which has certain reference significance for future historical dramas and history. From this perspective, this article may have some value other than "nitpicking".

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Li Zhizhong's History of Ancient Books in China, Commercial Press, 1996.

Liu, A Study of Calligraphy System in Tang Dynasty, Qilu Bookstore, 2004.

Yang Kuan's Study on the Institutional History of China's Ancient Capital, Shanghai Publishing House, 2022.

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