Although I don't know what the weight of the water and earth mouths is, it can be roughly inferred from the volume of the wooden box.

The rectangular and slightly flat wooden box should be filled with calligraphy, paintings, and water-based things.

There is a small square wooden box with a length of more than ten centimeters on the side, which is estimated to contain jade, which should be something with a soil character.

Everyone looked at Cai Pengxi, the wooden box with the mouth of the earth, he was the most suitable to open, and he was the oldest.

"It's better for Shangguan to open it first, I'll be the last. Cai Pengxi smiled slightly.

Shangguan Yu was not polite, "Okay, then the old man will press the scene." ”

Open this rectangular wooden box, there is a partition in the middle, forming two spaces, and in each space, there is a rectangular calligraphy and painting box.

These two calligraphy and painting boxes are no longer golden silk nan gloomy wood, but golden camphor. Golden camphor is mainly produced in the tropical rainforests of Southeast Asia, with Myanmar as the top grade, which is rich in iron and oil, moisture-proof, antiseptic and insect-proof, and the color is golden, it appears noble, and it is very suitable as a calligraphy and painting box.

Shangguan Yu first picked up one of the golden camphor boxes and opened it.

Unsurprisingly, inside was a scroll.

Yu Yao took the handle, and the two stretched out the scroll.

Wang Wei's "Xishan Snow Intent"!

Wang Wei, the word Maha, comprehended Zen theory, and was famous for poetry in the Kaiyuan and Tianbao years, and was called "Poetry Buddha". And Wang Wei's calligraphy and painting are no less than the name of the poem, and later generations will promote him as the ancestor of Nanzong's landscape painting!

Su Dongpo Zeng Yun: The poems of the taste of the Maha Jie, there are paintings in the poems, and the paintings of the Observation of the Confessions, there are poems in the paintings.

It is a pity that Wang Wei has not been handed down to the world, strictly speaking, there are no reliable, conclusive, and recognized authentic works. There are several extant works, but all of them are controversial, and most of them are believed to be copies of the latter's pseudo-works.

"I said that Mr. Yidi still left so many fine paintings and calligraphy that were not put into the collection, and what was originally put into the collection was such a top-notch priceless treasure!" Shangguan Yu was shocked and admired.

Everyone was also shocked.

Of course, there's not much time to appreciate right now. After putting away Wang Wei's "Xishan Snow Intent", Shangguan Yu opened the second golden camphor box.

It's also a painting and calligraphy.

A piece of calligraphy, to be exact.

This calligraphy stunned everyone!

Wang Wei's "Xishan Snow Intent" just now really shocked everyone, but it has not yet reached the point of being stunned.

And this calligraphy made everyone almost forget the time, immersed in it and couldn't extricate themselves!

Fortunately, there are many people, and when the exchange collides, they come back to their senses, so they carefully put it away first.

Because this calligraphy is "Orchid Pavilion Preface!!

"Lanting Preface" (also known as "Lanting Collection Preface", "Linhe Preface"), the full text of 28 lines, 324 words, the words are exquisite, the whole article is wonderful, the penmanship is like divine help, the reputation of "the first post of the book" in China is worthy of the name, and there is no one who can stand out for thousands of years. In the history of Chinese calligraphy, its position is unshakable.

Author: The book of the saint Wang Xizhi.

This work is well known to women and children, but it has become a mystery in the history of calligraphy and cultural relics!

Because of this superb calligraphy, since the Tang Dynasty, the whereabouts of the authentic work have been confusing, and there is no real conclusion to this day.

The "Orchid Pavilion Preface" that has been handed down are all copies or imitations. There was once a "Orchid Pavilion Preface" that was once considered authentic in history, but later, after a lot of research, it was determined that it was a copy of Feng Chengsu's use of "double hook ink", and it was not an authentic work.

Regarding the excavation and collection of the "Orchid Pavilion Preface", I have to mention the Qianlong Emperor who likes to "destroy the ancient times".

In the spring of the 44th year of Qianlong, he had already collected six works related to the "Orchid Pavilion Preface".

Although there is no authentic copy of "Lanting Preface", they are all famous works in history, including Feng Chengsu's facsimile, and the other five are: Yu Shinan facsimile, Chu Suiliang facsimile, Liu Gongquan's book "Lanting Poem" and the preface, Dong Qichang Linliu Gongquan's "Lanting Poem", Xihongtang engraved Liu Gongquan's "Lanting Poem" original.

These six works can be said to be the most valuable related artworks outside of the original works, and it is not easy to collect so many of them. However, this Qianlong Ye was still unsatisfied! He also asked the scholar Yu Minzhong to make up for the drama Hongtang to engrave Liu Gongquan's "Lanting Poems" and make it into another painting.

That's it, after all, it is to make up for the pen, and Yu Minzhong can also be regarded as a calligrapher, and his calligraphy style is similar to Dong Qichang.

However, Qianlong, who was still unsatisfied, not only "made" this one, but also came to another one!

It may be that he also knew that his level was not very good, and he did not dare to come to the works of the Tang Dynasty, but to the painting of "Dong Qichang Linliu Gongquan".

As a result, the first six, plus one of Yu Minzhong's supplements, plus one that Emperor Qianlong can only be regarded as "making up the number", a total of eight, became the famous "Lanting Eight Pillars Book".

Because Emperor Qianlong in order to "pass on forever", the "Stone Sitting Linliu Pavilion" of the Old Summer Palace was transformed into the "Bafang Heavy Eaves Pavilion", replaced with eight large stone pillars, and carved one on each pillar, from which the "Eight Pillars of the Orchid Pavilion" came.

However, think about it again, Qianlong loved antiques and ancient treasures, and he was the emperor who ruled the world, and even he did not find the authentic handiwork, and it is very likely that the authentic handiwork has not been handed down since the Tang Dynasty.

In this regard, the popular saying now is that "Lanting Preface" was taken to the tomb by Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, to accompany the burial.

Some books that synthesize official history, wild history, and legends, and it sounds like they have noses and eyes.

It is said that Wang Xizhi also cherished the "Orchid Pavilion Preface", because he also tried later, but he could no longer write works of this level. As a result, Wang Xizhi took "Orchid Pavilion Preface" as a family heirloom.

The seventh grandson of Wang Xizhi was at the end of the Northern and Southern Dynasties. However, this seventh grandson became a monk when he was a teenager, and his legal name was Zhiyong. As a descendant of Wang Xizhi, this Zhiyong can't say that he is not obsessed with calligraphy. To what extent was he obsessed? At the Yongxin Monastery, he locked himself in a small building and practiced calligraphy hard, vowing that "if he can't write a book, he can't leave this building," and he practiced hard for 30 years.

Zhiyong later did become a famous calligrapher in history, although it is not as good as Wang Xizhi's offering, but, "Zhencao Thousand Character Text" to understand.

Zhiyong lived a long life of 100 years, but he was a monk and had no descendants, and Wang Xizhi's desire to make the Orchid Pavilion Preface an heirloom was suspended. However, Zhiyong has no son, he still has apprentices, and he passed the "Orchid Pavilion Preface" to his apprentice Zhicai before he died.

In order to live up to the master's trust, he quietly dug a hole in the roof beam and hid the "Orchid Pavilion Preface" inside.

At this time, it was the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty. Emperor Li Shimin heard that the authentic work of "Orchid Pavilion Preface" was in the monk of Distinguishing Cai, and arranged for people to get it many times, but he did not eat it because of his softness and hardness, which is a sentence: After the master passed away, the poor monk did not know the whereabouts of the "Orchid Pavilion Preface".

Li Shimin saw that he didn't eat soft and hard, so he outwitted. Soon after, a scholar "accidentally" met Zhicai. This scholar has a high degree of calligraphy attainment, and he has a good conversation with the discerning talents, and his feelings become deeper and deeper, and finally he becomes a "confidant".

One day, the scholar actually brought two authentic paintings of Wang Xizhi to find a discerning talent, and his confidants appreciated it. After chatting to the end, the scholar sighed and said that although the calligraphy you brought was Wang Xizhi's genuine handwriting, it was not the best! With this in mind, the scholar finally let the scholar say that he had a masterpiece of Wang Xizhi after some temptation and routine.

continued to set, hesitated again and again, and said "Orchid Pavilion Preface". Scholars naturally "don't believe", and brag about discernment, together with disdainful eyes.

Zhicai didn't control it for a while, and actually took out the "Orchid Pavilion Preface" from the beam!

After this scholar looked at it carefully, he actually put the "Orchid Pavilion Preface" directly into his sleeve, and at the same time took out the emperor's edict!

It turned out that this scholar was the superintendent of the imperial history Xiao Yi!

Only then did I know that I had been fooled, but it was too late to regret it!

Li Shimin thus obtained the "Orchid Pavilion Preface". The monk became angry and fell ill, and it didn't take long for him to leave.

When Li Shimin was alive, he ordered many famous calligraphers to make copies of the "Orchid Pavilion Preface", and at the same time there was a "rubbing"; after his death, the "Orchid Pavilion Preface" was brought into the coffin by him as a funeral object.

If the original work of "Orchid Pavilion Preface" is indeed buried, then what is the situation with the one in front of you?