What happened in 841 BC? Does the archaeologist think it is more important than the date of birth?

TV series "Longling Misty Cave" is currently on the air. In the second episode, Shirley Yang’s uncle said, "For us archaeologists, these three numbers are more than our own date of birth. It's still important!" So what happened this year? Can the three numbers of eight, four and one become so important?

We know that although the "Historical Records" was written by the Yellow Emperor, it was not given an accurate date until 841 BC in the first year of the Republic of China, and historians have also continued thereafter.

Originally, Sima Qian believed that there should be a historical chronology since the time of the Yellow Emperor, and the history before 841 BC is also a chronology; but when he wrote the "Records of the Historian", he consulted a large number of documents and found that the historical record was incomplete and his opinions were different. It is not the same, unclear, and the real chronology cannot be determined; only the chronology after the first year of the Republic (841 BC) is consistent and determinable, so he can only use this as the beginning to edit the chronology. The historical data of

is vague and different in terms of the records before the first year of the Western Zhou Dynasty Republic. However, the records since then have been chronicled chronologically, clarifying the reign of each emperor, the time of his death, and some important historical events. Record. The reason why China's historical chronology has undergone such a major change around 841 BC is largely related to the establishment of an attitude to record history, or the establishment of a view of history. Before this year, historians had not been able to establish a standard that must be adhered to as to how history should be recorded. Therefore, some records were recorded, some were not recorded, some were recorded in this way, and some were recorded in that way. Therefore, the chronology was inconsistent. And inconsistencies. The establishment of the

view of history has a lot to do with the major historical events of the Zhouzhao Republic that happened this year. At this time, the reigning king Zhou Li, the emperor Zhou Li, acted tyrannically for his own use. "Guoyu·Zhou Yushang" contains: "The Chinese don't dare to speak, but the road is eye-sighted." Eventually it led to "Chinese riots", which led to King Li's escape from the palace and "run to Yu". Historically known as "Zhou Zhao republic", it also brought China into a "republic" era.

If only in terms of year, this is the most important year in Chinese history, because from this year, Chinese history has a definite year record. Since then, Chinese history has entered an era of complete belief in history. Before this year, thousands of years were written in the front, and the year was clearly written for more than a thousand years, but those years were approximate years, not years with exact written records. Only in 841 BC did we dare to attribute the events of which year to which year with confidence. Thanks to the great Mr. Sima Qian. With his dedication, he has sorted out an accurate historical channel for future history workers and enthusiasts.

Therefore, we can think that 841 BC is not only the beginning of Chinese chronicle and letter history, but also the beginning of a lofty attitude and spirit of history. China not only created a chronicle, but also created a universal core value and historical spirit of historiography.