"Greetings, gentlemen of later generations!
Please accept and read this letter from 2,300 years ago!
The inscription on this Heguang stone from the Warring States period translates as:
We are fishermen for the king, Gongcheng De and the former general Man!
The two of us are now guarding the king's mausoleum.
Greetings, gentlemen of later generations!
Imagine this: one day during the Warring States period, two tomb guards chatted about life after having a few drinks.
They spoke of the departed monarch, sighing deeply because time flows away and never returns.
They also wondered about posterity, and one of them proposed leaving a greeting for future generations.
And so the two got to work, sending greetings to the sages of later times carved upon a prepared stone.
This tiny stone transports us across 2,300 years to a certain day, to a marginalized grassroots official.
That moment of resonance is a unique gift sent to us by Huaxia across the long river of history!"
In the Great Qin Plane,
Qin Shi Huang felt a faint tremor in his heart.
"Ah! I actually find myself feeling immensely moved!
All of this should have vanished into the long river of history. Yet these written words capture the true sentiments of Gongcheng De and the former general Man from back then!
Their gift is simple and sincere, touching the heart deeply!"
Li Si unconsciously felt his eyes grow moist.
"Ah! Time flies so swiftly! Centuries from now, how will later generations judge me, Li Si?
When you think about…
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