Law Post

Author: Erzi Congzhou

Law Post

Soon, Minister Hu took Zhou Zhi back to another small courtyard next to the Forbidden City. There was still no sign at the door, but Zhou Zhi had been here and knew that this was the National Museum's Porcelain Identification and Restoration Center.

"Eelbow?" In the office, Mr. Qi and Mr. Wang were working with magnifying glasses to study two hanging screens. Zhou Zhi recognized them at a glance. This was the pair in the old man's living room in the morning.

"Come and have a look, Chenghua colorful gourd bottle." Mr. Wang waved to Zhou Zhi: "It was just delivered to the West Flower Hall, and this thing is rarer than the Tianzi Can!"

Chenghua Wucai is the ancestor of Chinese colored porcelain hard films, basically small cups and jars.

The small cups are famous for the chicken jar cup and the Sanqiu cup. Because the word "tian" is often written on the bottom, the small cup is called "tianzi Guaner".

It’s really rare that you haven’t noticed it after hanging in the West Flower Hall for so long? Zhou Zhi secretly complained in his heart.

But he said, "Is that so? That must be a national treasure!"

Mr. Qi said happily: "It's really dark under the light. The screen has been hanging there for decades. The appraisal work at that time was not done in detail. It was considered that it was all from the Qianlong Dynasty. Unexpectedly, the colorful gourds below were actually from the Chenghua official kiln."

"The main reason is that the staff were deceived by the words "Sanxitang Jingjian" under the bottle. They thought it was something from Qianlong's later years, but they didn't know that it was from the later carvings." Zhou Zhi said.

Qianlong was a maniac who stamped his seals. In addition to stamping various ancient calligraphy and paintings, he also liked to polish seals from each dynasty and engrave his own words, and also liked to engrave his favorite porcelain.

In fact, the craft of engraving porcelain is very impressed, but it is too much to carve your own wrong poem under the Narcissus Basin of Ru Kiln in the Song Dynasty.

"Hey? How do you know that the elbow has a Sanxi Tang style after the carving?"

Minister Hu smiled and said, "Old Qi, Mr. Wang, this special place where the screen is hung was discovered by Zhou Zhi."

"What?! He? How can he go there?!" Wang Shixiang couldn't help but be shocked.

"I didn't tease you." Zhou Zhi was amused by Minister Hu's black gun: "The main reason is that I don't know if it's too much to say it, whether it should be considered a confidentiality incident..."

"The situation is indeed a bit special," said Minister Hu: "We won't explain the specific process in detail. Let's talk about the problems we are facing now."

"Then sit down and chat quickly." said Mr. Qi, "It's not too late to talk about the big things first, and then watch the cartoons."

So everyone sat down, Minister Hu roughly explained the matter, and then said: "The decision in the organization now is to let Zhou Zhi join this unified code organization as an individual."

Of course, Mr. Qi and Mr. Wang understood the weight of Zhou Zhi’s suggestion and were very surprised by his actions, but he was a little confused: “We two old men are afraid that we can’t help with this matter? So, come here today…”

Minister Hu asked: "There is a calligraphy work that we lost abroad called "Chunhuage Tie". Do you know clearly if you are Mr. Qi?"

Qi Gong's long white eyebrows trembled twice: "But... Prince Cheng's "Linchunhuage Tie"?"

"That's right, there are four other volumes of the Song version of the ancestors of the post." Minister Hu nodded.

"I know this very well!" Old Qi was a little excited: "Did you receive the news that Li Qiyan wants to post?"

"Uh... it seems to be a little bit of a wind." Minister Hu said: "But what we care more about is Mr. Li's eldest son, Li Leshan, who is a professor of information engineering at Yale University. He is a member of the Unicode Alliance and can be used as a recommender for Zhou Zhi."

"There is a rumor? Then you have to follow closely!" Old Qi was a little anxious: " Speaking of "Chunhuage Tie", it is a treasure in the calligraphy world of our country."

"Old Qi, please tell us. My family is mainly a stele of the stele." Zhou Zhi quickly took out his old background.

Qi Lao said: "As we all know, the peak in the history of Chinese calligraphy is undoubtedly the calligraphy of the Jin people."

"However, the calligraphy of the Jin people, even the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties, was extremely rare in the Song Dynasty, and it was rarely seen by people in the world."

"Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi inherited the intention of Taizu's reign of martial arts and culture. During the Chunhua period, he specially established a book pavilion to collect various calligraphy and calligraphy, known in history as the "Chunhua Pavilion".

"In the third year of Chunhua, Emperor Taizong collected the famous books and works of the Han, Jin and Tang dynasties in the Pavilion, and ordered the Master of Shishu Wang to edit the catalog, mark the calligraphy and calligraphy, copy the calligraphy and copy it on the jujube wood plate, with a total of ten volumes, including one hundred and three people's calligraphy and 420 posts. This is the first calligraphy in history, "Chunhua Ge Tie".

"The first volume of "Chunhuage Tie" is written by emperors of all dynasties, the second, third and fourth volumes are written by famous officials of all dynasties, the fifth volume is written by ancient calligraphy by various schools, the sixth, seventh and eightth volumes are written by Wang Xizhi, and the ninth and tenth volumes are written by Wang Xianzhi."

"This is the earliest collection of calligraphy works of various masterpieces in Chinese history, and it captures all the famous works of calligraphers before the Song Dynasty. In addition to introducing the calligraphy of the "Two Wangs", it also explores and compares the calligraphy of Wei Zhongyao and famous Jin masters."

"In addition, it is more convenient than copying the stele of a monument and stele, and can accommodate more different forms of calligraphy. Influenced by the times, the regular script in the posts was very few, mostly 'manuscript', which was realistic in the copy and full of spirit. The title of the beginning of the volume uses the word 'fat', so it is called the originator of the posts."

"The birth of "Chunhuage Tie" has driven the style of engraving and imitating calligraphy that has lasted for thousands of years in China, and has formed a "postology" in the calligraphy world that competes with "stele studies". It has indeed played a great role in promoting the circulation of our calligraphy styles, especially the development of running script in the Song Dynasty. It has always been known as the "crown of calligraphy" of various schools and has a huge impact on later generations of calligraphy."

Zhou Zhi practiced his calligraphy with his fourth cousin, who was a great expert in Weibei and Ou style, so he was naturally a "stele study" all the way, and Zhou Zhi had no research on copybooks.

But Qi Lao was born as a bannerman and naturally went all the way to the palace. He himself was a great collector of calligraphy works, and of course he was very clear about the famous calligraphy works in China.

After hearing Mr. Qi's introduction, Zhou Zhi also sighed: "Although it has been passed down from the border, it has been passed down for so many years. This is also a blessing in disgrace."

"Ha?" Qi Lao smiled and said, "Zhangzi, you are also a person who practices calligraphy. If you want to go to Huangshan Valley, you can't escape the academic knowledge. It seems that you have not made much progress this year?"

"Old Qi, please spare me." Zhou Zhi quickly bowed: "I've almost done something wrong with my questions this year. How can I still have the skills to brush my brush?"

"Yes, Zhang Zi, you're taking the college entrance examination this year!" Only then did Mr. Wang remember this kid who graduated from high school this year: "How was the exam?"

"He did a good job in the exam, the top scorer in the liberal arts in Shuchuan Province, and he also had a full score of 25 points." Minister Hu said: "Let's go back to the copybook."

"Minister Hu, do you know my grades? How many points?" Zhou Zhi was shocked: "You are not trying to make me happy, are you?"

"Just just came out, the Shudu Education Commission called to say it in the morning. 512."

Zhou Zhi couldn't help but roll his eyes. He suddenly realized that this was simply what Minister Hu had, and it was mostly done by himself when organizing an investigation.

"I did a good job in the exam." Old Qi praised him and threw it away: "Let's go back to "Chunhuage Tie"..."

Zhou Zhi was stupid again. He was the top scorer in the liberal arts in a province. He didn’t deserve even a congratulations?

But this sentence cannot be said here. It is all doctoral supervisors. Do you have the nerve to start the college entrance examination?

I had to continue listening to the doctoral supervisor's class.

"I just said that Elbow is a little ignorant. In fact, the original version of "Chunhuage Tie" has been unfortunately burned down because of the unexpected fire in the palace during the Qingli period of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty."

"Hi!" Zhou Zhi slapped his thigh: "I should have thought of it! The fire created by the palace maids burned two-thirds of the treasury of the Song Dynasty! After half a month of fire, almost all the inner palace was burned!"

"That is, therefore, very few people have seen the original version of "Chunhuage Tie" in the Song Dynasty." Qi Lao said: "But fortunately, Emperor Taizong of Song used the double hook method to make some copies based on the original version and rewarded all the ministers. This version of "Chunhuage Tie" is called the "ancestral engraving version."

"The ancestral prints were early official rubbings, and the number was originally very limited. At that time, only the high-ranking officials who were ranked in the Secretariat and the Privy Council could receive a rubbing of the official.

"So, the official rubbings of the early "Chunhuage Tie" were also very precious, and they were valued by the world at that time."

(End of this chapter)
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