The admirable status of the son of the tomb thief Ton Dien Anh: Also famous throughout China but completely opposite to his father

The only son of Ton Dien Anh chose a very different path from his father.
On November 15, 1908, Western Empress Dowager Cixi – who ruled Dai Thanh for half a century of severe illness died at Nghi Loan Palace, at the age of 74.

In October of the following year, her body was buried in Dong Lang. It is rumored that when Empress Dowager Cixi was buried, inside her coffin and inside her tomb were buried countless jewels and ivory, arranged in mountains after mountains. It was also because of that number of treasures of inter-city value that Tu Xi’s grave was infiltrated and plundered by Sun Dien Anh, creating the famous “Dong Lang tomb robbery” in Chinese history. In July 1928, about 20 years after Empress Dowager Cixi was buried, a branch of warlords led by Sun Dien Anh came to destroy the queen’s eternal sleep in the palace, while another branch advanced. Emperor Qianlong’s mausoleum. They broke open coffins, plundered treasures, and sent a large number of precious items to foreign countries, causing great damage to the history of Chinese artifacts. At that time, the army led by Ton Dien Anh was an army branch sent by the Nationalist Army to destroy the bandits. On the way, Ton Dien Anh was attracted by the magnificence and wealth of the Dong mausoleum, because he wanted to rob the gold and silver in it, he devised a way to steal the grave. To hide the eyes and ears of others, Sun Dien Anh used the excuse that the army needed to practice, sent the small group of soldiers guarding the mausoleum to another place, and then began to prepare to carry out his theft. Sun Dien Anh is holding a relic taken from the Tomb of Empress Dowager Cixi. The entrance to the tomb of the Royal Family is very secret and discreet, just to prevent tomb thieves from stealing. Initially, Ton Dien Anh’s group could not find the entrance to the underground palace, they dug around, demolished many places but still could not find the entrance. Later, when they heard that an old man had built a mausoleum before, they knew that behind the Ming Lou there was a “silent institute”, specializing in recruiting dumb workers to build and repair the Qing mausoleum. Behind the lapis lazuli relief wall on the north side of the courtyard is the entrance to the palace where Emperor Qianlong is buried. Tomb of Empress Dowager Cixi is different, you have to go to the door of an ancient cave at the foot of Minh long before you can enter the palace. Whether it is Emperor Qianlong’s tomb or Empress Dowager Cixi’s tomb, the entrance is extremely solid, the “diamond” doors are not easy to open. The group of Ton Dien Anh people with greedy minds directly used dynamite to blow up the entrance, so both tombs have traces of being destroyed by explosives. Sun Dien Anh led a group of bandits to excavate the tomb of Empress Dowager Cixi, entering the palace earlier than the group that robbed Emperor Qianlong’s tomb. The group of grave robbers carried things out of the tomb of Empress Dowager Cixi. After they violently destroyed Cixi’s coffin, they were dazzled by countless gold and silver jewels in it. Therefore, the bandits frantically plundered, looted and buried the treasures in the coffin, and Tu Xi’s body was also destroyed. According to the rehabilitation staff, there was an incision in the mouth of the Empress Dowager, which was caused when Ton Dien Anh wanted to steal the Da Ming Chau in her mouth, even personal items such as hats. phoenix, robes… were all robbed, and Cixi’s body was then thrown next to the coffin. Emperor Qianlong’s palace was also seriously damaged, the underground palace already had standing water inside, after the treasure was robbed, the bones of the Qianlong Emperor were also lost along the water. As for the remains of Empress Hieu Hien and the three concubines, they were also lost in one place, only Queen Hieu Nghi was preserved because the body had not rotted. After the incident was revealed, the whole country’s public opinion boiled, especially the remaining descendants of the royal family of the Manchu dynasty, they were extremely angry when the ancestor’s tomb was stolen, the ancestor’s body was destroyed. Pray for strict punishment for stealing the grave of Ton Dien Anh. But Ton Dien Anh, because he wanted to get rid of the crime, took the stolen treasures to be scattered everywhere, on the contrary, he also found a dignified excuse to justify that: “The Manchus harmed our ancestors of three generations, stole and destroyed The grave is just for the sake of revenge, which is a reluctant thing to do.” Then, under the reconciliation of the parties, the tomb thief Dong Lang Ton Dien Anh also escaped punishment. After the grave robbery, Ton Dien Anh lived as an outlaw for more than 20 years, was finally captured by the liberation army, and died in a war crime prison in 1947. Son of Ton Dien Anh The only son of Ton Dien Anh, Ton Thien Nghia, took a completely different path from his father. He is a talented person, having held the position of Principal of Xi’an Foreign Language School, Vice President of China Translators Association, Vice President of China Association for International Education Exchange… With his contributions and dedication, Ton Thien Nghia is considered as a person who is “industrious, devoted, rigorously academically researched”. Moreover, he also has a very special identity, that is the guardian of the Emperor’s mausoleum. Ton Thien Nghia holds the position of Chairman of the Tomb Conservation Budget, has made great contributions to the protection of cultural artifacts and the restoration of antiquities. The path of Ton Thien Nghia is completely opposite to his father’s theft and robbery in the past. Mr. Ton Thien Nghia.