Chapter 124: Identifying Ancient Texts
When Liu Bang's jade pendant was taken out, the entire office fell into dead silence.
The three old men gathered in a circle and began to look at the jade pendant in Chen Tianqiao's hand, and Chen Tianqiao was afraid that they would rob it, so he kept holding it in his hand to show them, looking like a child who was afraid of being robbed of a lollipop, which was very funny.
Eventually, Yu Pei was recognized.
Suddenly there was a violent storm, and the three old men were going crazy, one was Li Shimin's calligraphy and painting, and one was Liu Bang's jade pendant, all of which were rare and scary!
The three of them let out a series of exclamations, unable to calm down.
After reading it, Chen Tianqiao immediately locked the jade pendant in the safe and put it together with Li Shimin's calligraphy and paintings, for fear that these three shameless old men would open their eyes and play some scoundrels.
The three of them saw the antiques locked in the safe, and they were about to fall to the ground, which was called an obsession, as if half a boy was staring at the young woman.
In the end, the three of them all cast strange glances at Ye Chen, as if to say, we want the same!
In the morning, these old men blew their beards and stared at each other, and they didn't talk about studying antiques at all, they were completely arguing.
When it was time to eat, Chen Shuang'er went out in person, went to the hotel and ordered a table of dishes to be delivered to the office.
This is the habit of Chen Tianqiao's four old men, almost every week if there are no special circumstances, they will get together like this, do not go anywhere, and then discuss the problem of archaeology in the office.
For example, what antiques will be from what period, and there are some translations of ancient characters, etc.
After eating, the pear blossom table was cleaned up.
He Long frowned, and carefully placed an iron bottle he had brought on the table.
It is half a meter high and half a meter wide, and it is strangely shaped, except for the swarthy or swarthy, there is no inlaid item at all.
As soon as they took it out, the four old men looked at it intently, but they didn't know anything, so they couldn't see any information.
But the four of them were very interested in such a novelty, so they focused on it, and even took out all the tools, looking like they were going to do a big job.
And Ye Chen had no interest in this, so he sat in the back with Chen Shuang'er and whispered, and from time to time he had to take advantage of it, and the embarrassed Chen Shuang'er dared to be angry and didn't dare to speak, so he could only stare at him.
Chen Tianqiao helped his glasses: "Look, there seem to be some fonts around this iron bottle, but most of them have fallen off until now, and in the corrosive eyes, you can't see what the words are with a magnifying glass, otherwise send the inside of the Treasure Pavilion to sweep it with a machine?"
"No need, I would have swept it out a long time ago, but I don't know this old man at all, and I haven't seen it in many books. ”
He Long took out a document, and the mottled text traces on it were clearly printed on it.
Then he continued: "It must be an antique of a long history, and I have not found anything similar to it now, the shape does not belong to any of the dynasties we know now, and I suspect that it is some kind of nomadic or small tribe. ”
Chen Tianqiao and the three of them picked up part of the text at the same time to observe, their eyes were concentrated, and they looked at it for a long time.
In the end, the three of them gave up, and they did not know each other.
You must know that these four people together are enough to shake half of the domestic archaeological community, and it can be said that they have a very high attainment in the field of antique identification, from small pieces to large pieces, from popular to unpopular, they have not handled anything, and they have not judged anything.
But now that I have no tricks for this iron bottle, I don't see any problems.
Chen Tianqiao suddenly remembered Ye Chen, looked to the side, and found that the two were flirting and scolding, and Chen Shuang'er was coquettish against Ye Chen.
"Ahem!" his old face was embarrassed, and he couldn't keep up with the young man's thinking.
"That, Ye Chen, you also play antiques, can you come over and take a look and see if you have seen anything like this?" he beckoned.
Chen Shuang'er quickly pushed him away, her face slightly flushed.
Ye Chen stood up with a smile and walked over, the four old men also respected him, and they didn't look down on Ye Chen's youth because of their identity in the antique area.
He approached and picked up the copy paper and looked at it, knowing it.
blurted out: "This is a ritual vessel, it should be something unique to some nomads." ”
The four of them swept their eyes and asked, "How do you know?"
Ye Chen grinned and said lightly: "Elders, I have some research on ancient texts, and it just so happens that this kind of text is the one I know, and what is written on it is some relevant literature about ritual music." ”
He looked so confident that he didn't even think about it, because he had superpowers, and he knew all kinds of strange things about ancient characters, just as easily as reading elementary school texts.
But just then Chen Tianqiao and the four of them were a little incredulous in their eyes.
He asked continuously: "Is this really the case? Ye Chen, do you want to take a few more looks, this is not a modern word!"
"Don't look at it, I'm sure, and this minority is called Yan, a small nomadic people split off from the Anshi Rebellion. Ye Chen put down the paper and said seriously.
The four of them looked at each other, unable to come back to their senses, you look at me and I look at you, and I don't know whether to believe or what.
Even Chen Shuang'er, who was not interested in antiques at all, walked up and looked at Ye Chen strangely, she didn't know that Ye Chen still had such a ability.
I couldn't help but pull his sleeve and whispered: "Hey, don't be reckless! Do you know who my grandfather is, and how do you know the words he doesn't know?"
Ye Chen smiled slightly, and said to Chen Tianqiao: "Old man, do you have paper and pen here?" I'll translate it for you. ”
"Yes!" Chen Tianqiao had no reason not to believe him, and directly took paper and pen.
Ye Chen was confident, and while translating, he said: "Elders, Yan, a small nomadic people, is likely to have disappeared in the long river of history without making too many waves, and it is not even recorded in the official history, but if it exists, it will definitely leave footprints." ”
"If you are interested, you can check the documents, wild histories, or cultural relics of the late Tang Dynasty, especially the period of An Lushan's rebellion, and you may be able to find some relevant knowledge. ”
Several people stood in place and listened, and then nodded, they believed that Ye Chen was probably his personality.
A few minutes later, Ye Chen translated all the words that were checked by the machine, including the words that were not checked.
There are some similarities to classical Chinese above, which are appropriate up and down, and are not made up.
What convinces Chen Tianqiao and the others the most is that the expressions of these words are in line with the characteristics of the nomads of the Tang Dynasty, and even the documents on this ritual require skills even if they are made up.
Even if they made it up in such a short time, the only explanation was that Ye Chen really knew these words.
Therefore, all the doubts and disbeliefs of the four of them disappeared in an instant, and turned to a kind of surprise and admiration!