Unexpectedly, the first one was a national treasure, and Shen Huan was very happy.
The title of the Abe family as the “number one collector of Japanese benzene” is indeed well-deserved!
With full expectation, Shen Huan picked up the second, larger box.
I opened it and saw that it was a painting, and it was very long.
When unfolded, it is actually more than 2 meters.
The painting shows an image of five people leading five horses.
Because she was going to Japan to hunt for treasures, Shen Huan did some homework in China these days, and also checked a lot of information online during her stay in Japan.
So he knew immediately when he saw it that this was the national treasure that was once collected in the "Shiqu Baoji" and was later taken out of the palace by Pu Yi - the "Five Horses Picture"! !
"Five Horses" was painted by Li Gonglin, who is known as "the best in the Song Dynasty". This painting master of the same era as Su Shi, Wang Anshi, Huang Tingjian, Qin Guan and others left behind all his fine works throughout his life.
Wang Anshi, Su Shi and others particularly liked his paintings and often wrote poems to praise them.
For example, when Wang Anshi was demoted, he wrote four poems to him in succession.
Su Shi wrote a poem praising him, "Long Mian has a thousand horses in his chest, and he not only paints flesh but also bones." He was referring to Li Gonglin's ability to paint horses, which was simply the best in the world.
Longmian Jushi is his name.
The two most handed down works left by such a figure are the lost "Gathering in the West Garden" and the other also lost "Five Horses".
After all, "The Gathering of the West Garden" is still recorded in the copying works of my friend Mi Fu, but "The Picture of Five Horses" has disappeared, which is really a pity.
Unexpectedly, Shen Huan saw it here.
Ape dung!
Shen Huan looked at it carefully.
Li Gonglin is good at the line drawing technique, which means that he does not use colors other than ink, but this can reflect the taste and texture of the painting itself.
Legend has it that Li Gonglin studied the line drawing skills of the painting sage Wu Daozi, but there is no doubt that his line drawing skills have further developed on the basis of Wu Daozi's work.
Just by looking at a horse's appearance, you can seem to feel where its bones and muscles are.
After some areas are rendered with thick ink, when you look at these areas again, its fur and markings seem to be faintly visible, and it is like a real horse standing in front of you.
This is the unique and wonderful thing about Chinese paintings!
The young man immediately put the painting into his backpack.
Next, Shen Huan's target was a large square box that was very conspicuous inside.
Unlike other boxes, which are basically long, it looks a bit square, about fifty centimeters long and wide, like an enlarged version of a cigarette box.
To be able to place it here with such solemnity is definitely not an ordinary thing.
At this moment, Shen Huan felt that he felt like playing a game and opening a treasure chest.
The only difference is that when you open a treasure box, you don’t know if there is a treasure inside, but when you open these boxes, you don’t know what treasure is inside!
When it was opened, there were three scrolls similar to imperial edicts.
The size is not large, and the length does not appear to be long.
What kind of baby could this be
Shen Huan felt a little strange.
As the saying goes, things are more valuable when they are rare. Could this kind of similar cultural relic, produced in three copies at one time, be a national treasure
But there is no need to think about it. This must be a precious thing, otherwise it would not be placed so solemnly by the Abe family.
Are there really three imperial edicts
Shen Huan opened one of them while thinking about it.
As soon as he opened it, Shen Huan discovered that there were various smear marks on it, as well as several handwritings written by different people.
Even the same handwriting is written in several places, as if with different contents.
The title of the text is "In the spring of the third year of the Yuan Dynasty, the Queen Mother sent Xiahou Fan, Zongzheng Liu Hong, and Shangshu Ling Ping Yanna to meet the daughter."
this…
This is obviously the writing style of historians.
Shen Huan didn't know what year the third year of Yuanshi was, but "Changle", "Zongzheng" and "Shang Shuling" knew it.
Especially Zongzheng Liu Hong, whose surname is Liu, must be a story from the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Western Han Dynasty.
Looking at the last inscriptions and postscripts, as expected, the author is listed.
"Sima Gongtongjian..."
This is obviously Sima Guang, and his "Zizhi Tongjian"!
Shen Huan was pleasantly surprised for a moment.
Didn't it mean that there is only one copy of Sima Guang's "Zizhi Tongjian" fragmentary manuscript in the National Museum
That is still the treasure of the National Museum!
Unexpectedly, there was another one here.
No!
There are probably two more, too!
Then Shen Huan quickly opened it and looked at it. Sure enough, the style of writing was exactly the same, and the writing was all about history.
Looking at the inscriptions and seals of famous people on the manuscript, Jia Sidao, Zhao Mengfu, Zhu Zhishan, Li Dongyang, Jiajing, Kangxi, Qianlong... and other celebrities, the handwriting and seals are all familiar to Shen Huan recently.
Although Shen Huan has not read the original text of the National Museum, at this time, he has basically dared to confirm that the three copies in his hand are the legendary manuscript fragments of Sima Guang's "Zi Zhi Tong Jian"!
Legend has it that Sima Guang spent 19 years writing "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", and the various written documents alone filled two rooms.
It's really amazing that after two rooms of manuscripts, only a few hundred words were left in a single volume.
The destruction of these manuscripts by successive dynasties is purely a crime against history and culture.
However, it is also a great happiness to have a few remaining manuscripts of "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" now.
Such things cannot be measured by money at all.
If you sell it, you may only be able to sell it for 100, 200, 200, 300 million, but its historical role and testimony are priceless.
As one of the two great historians' masterpieces in the history of China, "Zizhi Tongjian" and "Historical Records" are basically on the same level. They record the history of the development of China as truly and rigorously as possible, so that we can see it later. People have more opportunities to understand the ancients.
In comparison, the "Sikuquanshu" compiled by Qianlong by Ji Xiaolan contained too many private materials, which is not well recognized by the historical community.
"Zizhi Tongjian" is different. It records real and living history and events. Through these, you can feel the history and recall the vicissitudes of life.
This is also the biggest reason why so many ancient Chinese things are sought after by countless Confucian culture enthusiasts.
It’s not just the Chinese people, the Japanese, the Tai Chi people… including the people from Europe and the United States, it’s all the same.
Shen Huan quickly and carefully put away the three remaining volumes of manuscripts.
At this time, the young man suddenly felt that his responsibility was a bit heavy.
Today I can bring the three manuscript fragments of "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" back to China, which is the greatest victory.
As for money, that’s a trivial matter!
As a descendant of the Yellow Emperor, it is natural and unshirkable to bring these treasures back to China!
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