Is Xiang Yu's Grave Robbery Real? Why is there always a legend that Xiang Yu went to steal the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang

According to historical records, after Xiang Yu led troops into the pass, he first killed Qin Prince Ying who had surrendered to Liu Bang, then looted Xianyang City, and finally set fire to Xianyang City. Subsequently, Xiang Yu led his troops to Qin Shihuang Mausoleum and ordered the soldiers to excavate the Shihuang Mausoleum and take away everything that can be seen above and below the tomb. At that time, the 300,000 army had been transported for more than 30 days and had not been cleaned up.

After Xiang Yu returned with a full load, the tomb robbers in the Kanto region concentrated on stealing the imperial tombs. The doors in the tombs were all made of bronze. These people finally stole the doors made of copper. Later, I heard that there was a shepherd boy herding sheep here, and the sheep entered the underground passage dug by the rebel army. The shepherd boy took the torch and walked into the tomb to look for the sheep. Because the entire tomb was accidentally ignited, the fire lasted more than 90 days. Subsequently, the entire imperial tomb completely collapsed, and the area of ​​several square kilometers sank several tens of meters. The Qin Shihuang's mausoleum disappeared from the ground in this way, and the underground tombs were also greatly damaged by a fire.

These are just legends. Although related historical materials have been recorded, through the current exploration of Qin Shihuang Mausoleum, Qin Shihuang Mausoleum is still well preserved, so Xiang Yu did not succeed in stealing Qin Shihuang. Mausoleum, I think Xiang Yu should have such thoughts or actions, which were discovered by Liu Bang and used them.

Does the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang have any above-ground buildings? According to historical records and the style of the tombs of the emperors at that time, Qin Shihuang’s Mausoleum should have no above-ground buildings. Although the construction of Xiangtang on the tombs began in Yin , in the Western Zhou Dynasty, some monarchs’ tombs also built Xiangtang, in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, there were still many tombs of princes and kings, such as Zhongshan King’s Tomb, Tomb of Emperor Wei and so on. But this gave rise to another new type of burial tomb.This era is a period of evolution from Xiangtang tomb to tomb, and it is a period of both coexistence.

In the period of Qin State, Xiangtang Tomb was basically eliminated in Qin State. Many people think that it was started by Huiwen King. In fact, Xiangong and Xiaogong have already started to use the tomb, Huiwen King, Wu King_ Span3span, Zhaowang, Xiaowenwang, Zhuangxiangwang have always used tombs, and it is impossible to build Xiangtang tombs during and Qin Shihuang. Therefore, many people think that Xiang Yu destroyed the above-ground buildings of Qin Shihuang's Mausoleum, but there is no basis for it, because Xiangtang Tomb is no longer used at this time.

Archaeologists have not found any signs of construction on the enclosed soil of the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang. Neither a large number of tiles have been found, even braised soil and charcoal scraps are rare. At the same time, through relevant technical exploration, no coke and limestone left from the severe fire were found.

In recent years of archaeology, has unearthed the two-pass bronze cart and horse in the ear chamber of the west tomb of the Digong under the mausoleum of Qin Shihuang. If the tomb robbery was successful, the burial objects beside the tomb path should be destroyed first. However, the bronze chariots were not destroyed by fire or other man-made damage before they were unearthed, which also provided circumstantial evidence that the underground palace was not stolen and burned. Through the drilling and exploration in recent years, the fact that there is a large amount of mercury in the underground palace of the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin is a strong evidence that it has not been stolen. Because once the underground palace is stolen, the mercury will volatilize along the thief hole. From the above reasons, it can be inferred that the underground palace of Qin Shihuang's mausoleum may not have been stolen.

face-to-face between Chu and Han , Xiang Yu was cruel, and still took the line of Qin Shihuang,It was a slavery dynasty, and Liu Bang would flatter and win over people. To attack Xiang Yu, Liu Bang had to find a reason. In order to get more support, Xiang Yu was convicted of 10 crimes, one of which was tomb robbery. In the Qin and Han dynasties, tomb robbery was a felony and was cast aside by others.

 After four years of the Chu-Han War, Liu Bang defeated Xiang Yu and established the Western Han Dynasty. In order to win the hearts of the people, in 195 BC, Liu Bang ordered the proper protection of the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang and arranged 20 families to live near the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang as guardians of the tomb. Since then, rulers of different dynasties and eras have also ordered the protection of the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum. Song Taizu opened the treasure for three years (AD 970), Lintong County was ordered to protect and repair the Mausoleum of the First Emperor of Qin. Bi Yuan, governor of Shaanxi in the Qing Dynasty, also erected a monument to the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang.

Although Xiang Yu can be regarded as a hero, he will not win people's hearts. There are no people in his heart. The policy of killing all and looting all the people has caused unpopularity and lost the whole country.

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