Master Gui

[GuiGuiGui]

GuiGuiGui is 22.9 cm high, 32.8 cm wide and 4.94 kg in weight
Gui is round, with a closed mouth, a bulging belly, and two ears. The head of the animal is carved on the upper end of the ear. The horn of the animal is spiral, and the foot is encircled. The foot of the circle is three animal-shaped flat feet. There is a cover with a round catch. The top and belly of the cover are decorated with tile patterns, and the cover edge, neck and ring foot are decorated with heavy ring patterns
The same inscription on the cover, with 10 lines of 97 characters:
On the first month of the first year of the reign of King Wei, the king was in Wu, and
Wu Temple. The duke [0085] [0004] entered the Blessed
Division and established the Central Court. Wang Hu Shi’s “0086”
order: “Shiyou, the” 0051 “is the ancestral official, the governor, the tiger minister, the Ximen Yi, the” 0047 “Yi, the” BR “Qin Yi, the” 0087 “Yi, the” 0087 “Yi, and the salary. Give you the” BR “Chi” 0053 “, the” Zhu Huang “, the” 0088 “, and the” Oule “. Honor the” BR “and do not annul my order at night.” Shiyou worship, and check the “BR” head. Take a rest for Pi Xian, the son of Yang, and use it as a
honorable Gui for my father Kao Yibo and Jiuji. You
used by Sun Yongbao, his son of ten thousand years
The main idea is that in the first month of the first year of the king of Zhou, the king was in Wu and went to the temple of Wu. “0085” and “0004” of the official clan, as the protector of the registration ceremony, led Shiyou into the temple and stood in the courtyard. Wang called the historiographer “0086” to read the book of edicts: “Shiyou, the city officials and the king’s guard troops who are in charge of your ancestors for generations, including the barbarians and salaried soldiers in Ximen,” 0047 “, Qin, Beijing, and” 0087 “. I will give you a bright red apron with a red belt, with a” 0088 “color belt in the middle and a set of horse halters. I will respect them day and night, and don’t waste my appointment.” Shiyou bowed and kowtowed. In order to repay and publicize the great and beautiful appointment of the Son of Heaven, he made a Gui to sacrifice his dead father Yibo and mother Jiuji. Your descendants will always treasure this Gui
The “tiger ministers” of the guard forces recorded in this inscription include a group of ethnic minorities (Yi people), which is noteworthy


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