Chapter Seventy-Seven: The Great Sage's Last Voice

After a day of tossing, I finally got back to school.

"Damn, Niuzi, where did you run all day?" Sun Wei asked.

"It's hard to put into words. "I was a little tired, and I really didn't want to talk, so I said something perfunctory.

Sun Wan asked, "Do you know what kind of piano Gillian played that day?"

"Gillian?" I didn't remember.

"Damn, it's at Brother Yang's, the beautiful woman who plays the piano for us, you can forget about it. Sun Wei said disdainfully.

"People are people who have grace in their hearts. Brother Guang said sourly.

"Well, I'll show you the report. Sun Wei handed me the phone.

"The voice of the Great Sage reappeared. I read the title.

"It's the headline party again. "I thought I was praising the beautiful sound of the piano, but I didn't look closely.

"Look at the contents. Sun Wei was a little dissatisfied.

Scrolling down the web page, it turned out to be a collection of stories.

"When Chinese fall in love, it is always timeless. Zhang Sheng saw Cui Yingying, and the soul went to the clouds, but he only dared to be presumptuous in front of the matchmaker, "Xiaosheng has never married a wife"; Jia Baoyu's confession to Lin Daiyu was just a sentence of "you can rest assured"; Wang Shixiang's confession token to Yuan Quanyou was a pot of plain-looking Taiping flowers. ”

"It's Yuan Quanyou!" I shouted.

"What's the matter? You know?" Sun Wei was startled.

"Their love story is also famous. I gushed on and on.

Yuan Quanyou was born in September 1920 under the sign of Virgo. She grew up with her grandparents, and it is said that her mother died of puerperal fever after giving birth to her little sister. Grandma took her and a few children "in a litter and raised them all", the reason is, "save your father from marrying your stepmother, and treat you badly." ”

Grandma is the fourth successor of Yuan Quanyou's grandfather, who was 38 years old when she got married, a member of the League, enthusiastic about women's sports, and often took a foreign gun to call the shots of women who were abused by her husband. During the Anti-Japanese War, the grandmother called a three-wheeled car and went out, and the grandfather was so anxious that he lost his temper: "Where did the wife go?" Later, I learned that my grandmother went to Beijing Station to learn about the situation of the refugees.

Yuan Quanyou grew up in the grandparents' house, read "Analects" and "The Book of Filial Piety", played the guqin and learned to paint, and lived a typical old-school girly life. After entering Yan University, Yuan Quanyou studied education, and his graduation thesis was to compile a textbook of Chinese painting for primary and secondary schools. She went to Mr. Zhou Xuezhang, the head of the Department of Education, and Mr. Zhou recommended her to find Wang Shixiang and ask him to be the "thesis tutor" of the primary school girl.

When they met for the first time, Yuan Quanyou was most impressed by Wang Shixiang eating persimmons, and leaving a complete persimmon shell after eating. Wang Shixiang was very interested in Yuan Quanyou's thesis, and later, in order to let her pass the thesis, he actually helped write it.

These two people just "look at each other".

Later, Yanjing was suspended from school, Wang Shixiang went to Chongqing, and before leaving, he gave Yuan a pot of Taiping flowers. In Sichuan, Wang Shixiang wrote a lot of letters to Yuan, but only received two reply letters, one of which was "I water the Taiping Flower you left every day and live well, I hope life can be like this Taiping Flower." ”

It's the most beautiful love letter I've ever seen.

Wang Shixiang, who returned to Beiping, brought Yuan Quanyou a small box of fire-painted gourd slices, which he had promised in his letter before - if it was ready, he would give it to her. She opened the small box, and there were two red beans lying quietly inside.

Yuan Quanyou said that this is our love token.

"Behind every successful man, there is a great woman!" is still true in the collection circle.

Everyone knows that Wang Shixiang is a big name in the cultural and museum world, but what few people know is that his wife Yuan Quanyou is also a collector. There are several famous pianos of the Tang, Song, Yuanming and Ming dynasties hidden in the home, which are the daily utensils used by him to learn the piano and stroke the piano.

Yuan Quanyou's family background is also very similar to Wang Shixiang, both from the official eunuch family, and the scholarly family. And Yuan Quanyou is graceful by nature, elegant and clear, and has a family library to teach Chinese culture in his childhood, and studied calligraphy, painting and guqin under Wang Mengshu. Especially the last three talents, Yuan Quanyou has nourished his character throughout his life.

For a long time, everyone's evaluation of Mr. Wang Shixiang was "the first player in Beijing". When it comes to playing, Mr. Wang is indeed very talented, and it is said that at the age of eight he can "fly the eaves and walk the walls, and climb the walls to release pigeons." A bamboo pole with red cloth flew up and down, hitting the eaves of the house. "I went to an American school, I spoke fluently, and I was quite popular with the teacher, but I ended up writing an essay with pigeons and pigeons for several weeks, and the teacher was so angry that he returned the homework, commenting:

This lady played the guqin collection without mercy, not only selling her own softness, but also selling her husband's softness, in order to pour the family's assets, just for a piano.

In 1948, Wang Shixiang and his wife exchanged three ornaments and the Japanese version of "Tang, Song, Yuan, and Ming Dynasty Famous Paintings" for about five taels of gold, plus three green rings (one of which is a relic of Wang Shixiang's mother), and obtained it from Mr. Zhang Zechuan, the grandson of Mr. Xi Baochen, a famous pianist in Beijing.

Later, Wang Shixiang suffered disasters one after another, was raided his home, expelled from the Forbidden City, and traveled for several years.

Almost all of the Wang family's collection was stolen, and this "Great Sage's Voice" was spared because it was placed in Wang Shixiang's office at the time. It was not until 1976 that the political turmoil stopped, and Wang Shixiang and his wife returned to Fangjiayuan in Beijing.

Yuan Quanyou is a master of playing the guqin, Wang Shixiang's collection of the guqin contains the meaning of "love the house and Wu", and there are several famous pianos of the Tang, Song, Yuanming and Ming dynasties hidden in the home, all of which are the daily utensils of Mrs. Yuan Quanyou to learn the piano and stroke the qin.

Because Yuan Quanyou died of illness. The grief-stricken Wang Shixiang auctioned off all 143 pieces of cultural relics such as guqin, copper furnace, Buddha statues, furniture, bamboo and wood carvings, and utensils that his wife had collected throughout his life. "From me, by me", this dispersal is more like a ritual, in order to comfort the lover of heaven who has been with him and fulfilled his life.

"Tell me about the great sage's voice, who wants to listen to your story. "The more I talked, the more sensational it became, and Brother Guang couldn't listen to it anymore.

I explained: "When it comes to the famous qin through the ages, of course, we have to talk about the Tang qin. Although the Tang Qin is not the oldest existing instrument, the Tang Dynasty is one of the most important periods in the development of qin culture, and the existing Tang Dynasty guqin is a rare top treasure in the past dynasties in terms of sound quality, shape and historical value. Therefore, the Tang Qin is really a divine product that has been coveted by the qin people of all generations. ”

"Actually, Tang Qin, I also said it, I haven't seen it. There are not many existing Tang qins, mainly including: the old collection of Shi Mengqi's "Nine Heavens Huanpei", Wang Mengshu's old collection of "Spring Thunder", "Dead Wood Dragon Yin", Shanghai Wu Jinxiang's old collection of "Nine Heavens Huanpei", Taipei Palace Museum's "Spring Thunder" (formerly Zhang Daqian Collection), Shandong Museum's "Treasure Raid", Beijing Cao Huanwu's old collection of "Yunhe", Li Boren's old collection of "Feiquan" and "Duyou", Lushun Museum's "Spring Thunder", Chafuxi's old collection of "Yichi Wave", Guan Pinghu's old collection of "Hades", Feng Shu's old collection of "Songfeng Qingjie". ", Cheng Gongliang's collection of "Autumn Lai" and so on. "I'm like a treasure.

"Well, yes, there is another one with research, which is this Great Sage's Last Voice. I paused and continued.