Tong Rentang took out the things again and packed them in an old wooden box. This old wooden box is dark red and shiny, it is an old mahogany, not big, there is no hinge lock or something, it is a pure mortise and tenon structure, the top is a pull cover, and there is a hidden buckle on one side, and the cover can be pulled out by opening the hidden buckle.

Open, there are two layers, the first layer is the jadeite piece.

A string of eighteen jadeites holding beads, old species, half-green, but the water head is not good.

A flat square Lezi with a hole in the sky, floating green, planting water is also general; both sides with back lines and lettering, the engraving is OK, one side of a sentence: Songcui Nanshan is not old, and I have heard the blessing of the double crane recently.

There is also a piece of jade hat. The hat is an ornament sewn on the front of the hat in the old days, flat, with an elephant trunk eye on one side, which is used to thread and sew the hat. Why is it called a hat? Because the position sewn on the hat is exactly aligned with the tip of the nose. This hat is not green, but the water head is the best, and the white ground is ice.

Yu Yao was not interested.

Pulling open the second layer, there are two things, an inkstone on one side, and a long brocade box next to it.

The inkstone is rectangular, simple in shape, dark cyan, and has a hidden texture. The edge of the inkstone is raised, and the inkstone pond gradually deepens from one end to the other. The moire of the bas-relief on the top of the inkstone, the knife work is polished, which is the style of the Ming Dynasty. And judging from the wear and slurry, it should also be in the generation.

Dragon's Tail Inkstone.

She Yan, one of the four famous inkstones in China. The four famous inkstones are: Duan inkstone, Sheyan inkstone, Taohe inkstone, Chengni inkstone; originally there were only the first three in history, and the Qing Dynasty added Chengni inkstone to make four. Chengni inkstone has been there since ancient times, but it is fired, which is different from the first three carved from natural stone.

The stone origin of Sheyan is mainly Longwei Mountain, which belonged to Shezhou in ancient times, so it is also called Longwei Sheyan.

encountered a piece of ancient inkstone from the Ming Dynasty, it was not in vain.

Yu Yao carefully picked up this inkstone, and from the front side, except for normal wear and tear, it was very well preserved. On the moire on the top of the inkstone, the pulp is obvious, which is obviously caused by frequent touching.

Turning over, Yu Yao's eyes couldn't help but light up!

There is even an inscription engraved on it!

Just do not reject ink, firm but not stubborn; get the ancient stone, this meaning is happy; Xu Wendian history, accompanied by friends. Qingyuan Taoist inscription.

I thought it would be very good to meet a piece of Ming Dynasty inkstone, but when I saw this inscription, Yu Yao was overjoyed!

This is the Yan used by Tang Xianzu!

He also wrote the inscription himself!

Tang Xianzu's name is mainly in the creation of opera, the most famous is naturally "The Peony Pavilion", "The Peony Pavilion" is not only widely circulated in China, but also translated into many languages, known as the treasure of the world's theater art.

Qingyuan Taoist is Tang Xianzu's number. There is often only one name, but there may be many numbers, Tang Xianzu's number, which is more famous Hairuo, Ruoshi, and Qingyuan Daoren.

In addition to the inscription of the Qingyuan Daoist, it can also be confirmed from the inscription that this is the thing of Tang Xianzu.

"Xu Wendian History" is Tang Xianzu's experience of being degraded. In the nineteenth year of Wanli, Tang Xianzu originally served in the Ministry of Rites in Nanjing, but he made a mistake and impeached Shen Shixing, the first assistant of the cabinet at that time. This is obviously an egg hitting a stone, a decree of Emperor Wanli, Tang Xianzu was demoted to XW County on the Leizhou Peninsula and became a historian.

Judging from the inscription, this dragon tail stone should have been obtained by Tang Xianzu when he learned the news of being degraded and had not yet set off for XW County. He asked a craftsman to make this inkstone and engraved it with an inscription written by himself.

In the inscription, it is implied that he was at that time. At the same time, although it was degraded, this inkstone made him "happy", the mountains are high and the road is far away, in a deserted place, there is an inkstone as a friend, you can write poems and essays, and you will not be too lonely.

In fact, Tang Xianzu went from the Nanjing Ministry of Rites to Xu Wendian's history, saying that derogation is good, but it is basically exile. The fact that he was able to write such an inscription shows that his mentality has quietly changed.

A year later, Tang Xianzu was pardoned and went to Suichang, Zhejiang Province to take up the post of magistrate. During his several years in Suichang, he implemented many policies, in short, he was lenient and good at governance, and even sent prisoners in prison to go home for the Chinese New Year! This allowed political opponents to seize the handle, and Tang Xianzu once again faced a crisis.

This time, he simply resigned on his own. When he returned to his hometown, he concentrated on opera and poetry.

The ink grinding out of this piece of inkstone may have turned into a word and sentence of "The Peony Pavilion".

Definitely a good thing!

Ancient inkstone, there is an inscription and no inscription is different, there is an inscription is naturally more valuable, and the celebrity inscription is different from the ordinary inscription, this is self-evident.

The inscription on this Ming Dynasty inkstone is not only a celebrity inscription, but also related to the historical events of celebrities, which is more valuable.

From this, the importance of cultural relics can also be deduced, cultural relics can confirm historical materials, but also can question historical materials, and even fill in the gaps of historical materials.

"Old man, this inkstone was also left by your grandfather?" Yu Yao calmed down a little, and gently put down the inkstone again, and then asked.

"Yes, this inkstone, this pen, and the jade on it, including this old wooden box, were all left by my grandfather, and my father and I kept them as they were. When the four olds were broken, it was a good hidden!"

"Pen?" Yu Yao was stunned.

"Oh, in that long brocade box next to it, there's an old brush!" Tong Rentang said with a smile, "You can read it first!"

"Okay!" Yu Yao picked up the long brocade box, opened the bone latch, opened it, and saw a purple bamboo pen barrel.

The pen part is covered with a bamboo protective cover, and I can't see what it looks like. However, this bamboo protective cover is not purple bamboo, it is ordinary bamboo, and it is not too old, it is expected that Tong Rentang's grandfather later put it in order to protect the pen.

The pulp of this purple bamboo pen barrel is uniform and thick, and the pen barrel has become purple and black, shiny and moist, and it is almost jade.

Yu Yao squinted his eyes and checked the pen barrel repeatedly, and Pu Jie couldn't help but wonder a little on the side. It's just a matter of looking at the inkstone carefully, this brush is not necessary, right?

Ancient brushes, which also belong to the category of antique collections, are just a bit unpopular.

Pen, ink, paper, inkstone, when speaking, the pen ranks first, but in terms of collection attention, it is far worse than ink and inkstone.

In the ink, to say far, Li Mo, known as the "treasure of the world", is priceless; to say closer, the court of the Qing Dynasty used ink, carved and painted gold, exquisite, and repeatedly sold high prices at auctions.

Inside the inkstone, there are four famous inkstones, there are various ancient inkstone systems, carvings, inscriptions, all of which are very attractive.

However, the brush generally has only one barrel and a handful of hairs.

And this brush, although it is said that the pen barrel is purple bamboo, but after all, it is bamboo, which is not comparable to jade, rhino horn ivory, and famous kiln porcelain.

Even the wooden pen tubes, red sandalwood pear, nanmu ebony, are more expensive than bamboo pen tubes.

"Old man, I have to take off the bamboo sleeve and look at the pen. After Yu Yao finished reading the pen, he first said to Tong Rentang.